Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who suffers from insomnia.
- adj. Having or causing insomnia.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who suffers from insomnia.
Wiktionary
- n. One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.
- adj. Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
- n. someone who cannot sleep
Examples
“And that's what we call insomniac math — three plus three equals eight.”
“Several weeks on the insomniac is unsteady on his feet, wracked by fevers, and drifting in an out of delirium as the body's vital organs begin to fail.”
“Old guys spend more time sitting up late after the family's asleep, and in these hours your old guy will plan and replan his upcoming expedition, put new laces on his wading shoes, tie flies, dress in all his Arctic gear in order to see what it's like to move around in, call another insomniac old guy and check out up-to-the-minute river conditions, and so on.”
“Science, the study describes how a genetic variation found in people who seem to need only about six hours 'sleep-compared to the often recommended 7½ to eight hours-was put into mice to create a colony of "insomniac" rodents.”
“** sigh** If you looked up the word "insomniac" in the dictionary, my picture would be there.”
“So about 15 months ago I decided that if I was going to be an insomniac, then I should at least do something productive with my time.”
The Huffington Post: John Malik: The Many Flaws of My First Novel
“Even after an insomniac night, I still looked well-rested.”
“Exeter crown court was told last week that an insomniac Devon businessman grew 165 cannabis plants in his garage in order to make "marijuana tea" for himself.”
“As have thousands of insomniac former couch potatoes, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and a crew of young Republicans have taken to the P90X workout routines with an ideological intensity.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Fight Against Government Flab Is Personal for These Politicians
“Stewart Edward White: You didn't recommend him but I'm recommending you stay away from him unless your an insomniac.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘insomniac’.
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Ends with C but not with "-ic"
bloc, roc, arc, orc, disc, sac, xebec, havoc, bivouac, sumac, maniac, insomniac and 418 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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nighthawks at the diner
being words from Tom Waits songs.
vinyl, cigarette, rhinestone, naugahyde, margarine, vermouth, gin, platinum, wurlitzer, menthol, oldsmobile, asphalt and 90 more...
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The Unique
egoist, individualist, loner, hateful, asocial, inactive, anarchist, misanthrope, fascist, disturbed, bored, isolationist and 111 more...
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Evin290's Words
puerile, fastidious, blatherskite, folderol, femtosecond, redox, incarnadine, cerulean, genuflection, muslin, multitudinous, miasma and 517 more...
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my words
words that I especially like, for whatever reason
infiltrate, confuzzle, deoxyribonucleic ..., inarticulate, literate, loquacious, incinerate, campfire, asanine, lunacy, inferior, qwerty and 67 more...
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condiment, tortoise shell, virile, wolverine, chyme, aeons, grotesque, pontiferous, blurb, dais, squiffy, decadent and 88 more...
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Moods 28/03/09
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Words I Use to Describe Myself
Whether or not these are accurate descriptors remains to be seen.
acerbic, ailurophile, introvert, sardonic, cynical, misanthropic, bibliophile, insomniac, knitter, gamer
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