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- pronunciation:
- su
paIn
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su
paIn
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
lying with the face upward.
My father would be supine on the couch, watching the news, five minutes after arriving home from work.- antonyms:
- prone
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| definition 2: |
disinclined toward action; lethargic.
We've complained to that supine city council many times about this disturbance.- antonyms:
- energetic
- similar words:
- inactive, lazy, lethargic
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| related words: |
flat, logy, phlegmatic, prostrate, torpid |
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| derivations: |
supinely (adv.), supineness (n.) |
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