Meanings
- uncountablefantasyA magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.
1959, Erdmann Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)Synonyms: ageless sleep, eternal rest
- euphemisticidiomaticuncountableDeath
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
More synonyms by meaning
nouneuphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French sommeil éternel
- sommeil éterneldeath (euphemism)
Japanese 永眠, 永遠の眠り
- 永眠 (eimin)death (euphemism)
- 永遠の眠り (eien no nemuri)death (euphemism)
Korean 영면
- 영면 (yeongmyeon)death (euphemism)
Polish wieczny sen
- wieczny sendeath (euphemism)
Romanian somnul veșnic
- somnul veșnicdeath (euphemism)
Russian ве́чный сон, беспробу́дный сон
- ве́чный сон (véčnyj son)a magical state of suspended animation
- беспробу́дный сон (besprobúdnyj son)a magical state of suspended animation
- ве́чный сон (véčnyj son)death (euphemism)
- беспробу́дный сон (besprobúdnyj son)death (euphemism)
Spanish sueño eterno
- sueño eternodeath (euphemism)
Cite this entry
eternal sleep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternal%20sleep
“eternal sleep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternal%20sleep. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eternal sleep,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternal%20sleep.
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