stertorous

stertorous
    adj 1: of breathing having a heavy snoring sound
    

Stertorous \Ster"to*rous\ (st[~e]r"t[-o]*r[u^]s), a. [L.
   stertere to snore: cf. F. stertoreux.]
   Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompanies
   inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence,
   hoarsely breathing; snoring.
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         Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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         The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room,
         before his stertorous breathing lulls.   --Dickens.
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "stertorous":
      asthmatic, brassy, brazen, breathing, choked, coarse, cracked,
      croaking, croaky, dry, errhine, expiratory, gruff, guttural, harsh,
      harsh-sounding, heaving, hoarse, huffing, husky, inspiratory,
      metallic, nasal, panting, pneumonic, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic,
      ragged, raucid, raucous, respiratory, rhinal, rough, roupy, rude,
      sneezy, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snoring, snorting, snuffling,
      snuffly, snuffy, squawking, squawky, sternutatory, strangled,
      thick, throaty, tinny, wheezing, wheezy