Sleepy
['sliːpɪ] or ['slipi]
Definition
(adj.) ready to fall asleep; 'beginning to feel sleepy'; 'a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids'; 'sleepyheaded students' .
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
(n.) Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
(n.) Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
(n.) Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Edited by Ervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slumberous, somnolent, drowsy, sluggish, lazy
ANT:Wakeful, vigilant, alert, awake, active
Edited by Janet
Examples
- Because I'm so sleepy. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She was still sleepy. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But you must be awfully sleepy-- No, I'm not sleepy. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The chances are they won't be able to wake anybody up there and if they do wake up they will be too sleepy to think. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The daily appearance of a brougham and pair could hardly have been overlooked in such Sleepy Hollows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her 'vortex', hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I was beginning to feel sleepy again, when Penelope's next words stirred me up. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She's the sleepiest concern that ever I saw; sewing, standing, or sitting, that creature will go to sleep, and sleep anywhere and everywhere. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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