insomnia
insomnia — noun
1. a persistent medical condition in which someone regularly cannot fall asleep, st
a persistent medical condition in which someone regularly cannot fall asleep, stay asleep, or get enough deep rest night after night
Rin's insomnia kept her awake until three in the morning.
possessive + insomnia as subject cause
Hassan tried drinking warm milk before bed to help with his insomnia.
collocation: help with insomnia
The doctor told Lien that stress can make insomnia worse.
Gabriel's insomnia got better after he started exercising every day.
For Ignacio, the worst part of insomnia was the exhaustion during work.
- sleeplessness
less medical, more general; used in everyday contexts like 'suffering from sleeplessness during exams'
- wakefulness
broader — can describe involuntary or voluntary staying awake; less specific about struggle to sleep
- inability to sleep
descriptive phrase rather than clinical term; useful for learners at lower CEFR levels
- restful sleep
the desired state that insomnia prevents
- sound sleep
uninterrupted, deep sleep — the opposite of the insomnia experience
文法句型
suffer from insomnia
have insomnia
struggle with insomnia
用法筆記
Uncountable — do not say 'an insomnia'. The condition is typically persistent rather than a single night of poor sleep. Often paired with 'chronic' (長期性的) for long-term cases or 'acute' (急性的) for short-term episodes triggered by stress or illness.