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"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"adjectiveinactive but capable of becoming active
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adjectivelying with head on paws as if sleeping
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"dormant buds"adjectivein a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
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"a dormant volcano"adjective(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinctOpposite:
Definition that contains dormant
- slumber a dormant or quiescent state
- hibernate be in an inactive or dormant state
- slow virus a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
- haleakala national park a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano
- resting spore a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period