somnambulated
Roamed while asleep
Somnambulated is the past tense of somnambulate, meaning to walk while asleep.
The word is formal and clinical where sleepwalk would serve in ordinary speech: The patient somnambulated through the hospital corridor.
Figuratively, to somnambulate is to move through life in a daze, acting without full awareness or intention.
Walking during sleep
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- wanderMove without fixed direction
- roamTravel without fixed purpose
automatism · disoriented · restless · nocturnal · unconscious · episodes · REM · arousal
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
phantasmagoric · otherworldly · dazed · fugue · dissociative · glazed · vacant · semiconscious
noctambulism
Walking during sleep
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- wanderMove without fixed direction
roam · automatism · disoriented · restless · nocturnal · unconscious · episodes · REM · arousal · fugue
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
hallucinatory · phantasmagoric · otherworldly · dazed · fugue · dissociative · glazed · vacant · semiconscious · stupor
shuffle
Randomize by mixing
meander · gait · prowl · wander · drift · lurch · plod · shamble · tottering · unsteady
nocturnal
Active during darkness
bedtime · slumber · pajamas · nightgown · bedroom · hallway · stairs · household · sleeping · awakening