insomnia
inability to sleep
Roots
- im- / in- (not): not or without
- somn / sopor: sleep
Other words with the somn / sopor root
- somnambulate: to walk while asleep
- somnambulism: the condition of sleepwalking
- somnambulist: a sleepwalker
- somnolent: sleepy or drowsy
- soporific: causing sleep
Insomnia is sleep blocked: the body wants rest, but the mind will not go under.
Insomnia made the morning feel twice as long.