insomnianoun [ U ]
uk/ɪnˈsɒm.ni.ə/us/ɪnˈsɑːm.ni.ə/C2 the condition of being unable to sleep, over a period of time:
Holly suffered from insomnia caused by stress at work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woken
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