COMATOSE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

comatose

adjective

ˈkō-mə-ˌtōs

Definition of comatose

as in slow

lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation the city's downtown has been comatose for years

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Recent Examples of comatose Polaski, a freshman at the University of Alabama, was found comatose on the concrete by resort staff and immediately rushed to a local hospital. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 One of the most intense sequences finds Lucas protecting a still-comatose Max while a horde of demodogs chases him through a hospital. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Goldstein was comatose and had been placed on a ventilator after pneumonia overwhelmed her lungs. — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 On the third day of hospitalization, the man became comatose and was intubated, the report stated. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for comatose

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Adjective

Those include Japan’s massive debt that exceeds 200% of GDP, fiscal stimulus that’s expected to worsen the deficit, and a central bank that’s been slow to raise rates in the face of high inflation.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
With two outs, Junior Caminero hit a slow roller on a 1-2 slider that third baseman Encarnacion-Strand could not field cleanly for a run-scoring infield single.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of slow

Adjective

During an allegedly sleepy period on the NBA schedule, the Lakers shook everyone awake with a blaring alarm.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Terrell, who is gay and doubles as a night-club promoter, brings in scores of drinkers to their perpetually sleepy pub, transforming it into Philadelphia’s trendiest gay bar.

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of sleepy

Adjective

This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
His mother, Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and his brother, Siddharth Aravind, 14, were found dead Tuesday in their home in Acton, some 20 miles northwest of Boston, prosecutors said.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of dead

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