comatose

comparative more comatose · superlative most comatose

1. In a coma: unconscious.

   the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before slowly coming back into awareness of the world around her.

2. informalDrowsy or lethargic.

   The thought of food snapped her out of her comatose demeanor.

   2009, Joel Schnoor, I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head, page 180

   3 more examples

   Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (and result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?

   1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-proofing your children-- so that they never become diet-addicted adults., page 24

   I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.

   2009, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Nice Girls Can Finish First, page xi

   But most of all I'm sick of feeling comatose, like I'm walking through a fog.

   2015, Delilah S. Dawson, Servants of the Storm, page 14

3. informalFast asleep.

   She was lying comatose on the sofa.

present singular third person comatoses · participle present comatosing · participle past comatosed · past comatosed

1. colloquialnonstandardrareTo make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma.

   killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.

   1998 February 8, rob, “Death Penalty”, in nz.general (Usenet)

   2 more examples

   [Liverpool is] #1 in the league for murdering and comatosing fans of othe rclubs.

   2006 July 26, Mike Hunt, “Ranking. Nice.”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet)

   Then slipping on my silky dernier and tights, g-strings sculpted my voluptuous cheeks, brassiere comatosing my wobbly knockers.

   2019 April 28, John Finnan, Mustang Bally, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68