stertorous

[ stur-ter-uhs ]

adjective

1. characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
2. breathing in this manner.

stertorous

/ ˈstɜːtərəs /

adjective

1. marked or accompanied by heavy snoring
2. breathing in this way

Derived Forms

• ˈstertorousness, noun
• ˈstertorously, adverb

Other Words From

• sterto·rous·ly adverb
• sterto·rous·ness noun
• post·sterto·rous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stertorous¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; stertor + -ous

Example Sentences

A series of low, stertorous growls followed, growls that made my blood run cold!

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Mayo, when he heard their stertorous breathing close at hand, groped for them and shoved tools into their clutch.

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There was a dead silence for a few moments, broken only by the stertorous breathing of the man upon the couch.

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It, too, was empty, except for a figure breathing with drunken and stertorous stupor in a chair at one corner.

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Tom's breathing became stertorous, and that, in connection with morphia poisoning, means danger.

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Related Words

• discordant
• gravelly
• gruff
• harsh
• raucous
• throaty