Antonyms for sleeplessness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sleep-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslip lɪs

Definition of sleeplessness

Origin : early 15c., from sleep (n.) + -less. Old English had slæpleas but the modern word seems to be a re-formation. Cf. German schlaflos, Dutch slapeloos. Related: Sleeplessly; sleeplessness.

As in insomnia : noun inability to sleep soundly
As in nerves : noun extreme anxiety

Example sentences :

He would never have gone to his father's room for refuge from sleeplessness.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He dreaded the demon of sleeplessness, which he felt had marked him for its own.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

He had suffered from sleeplessness, but was not otherwise unwell.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Her face was very pale, and her eyes were red, as if from sleeplessness or weeping.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

Opium should not be used unless the patient suffers from sleeplessness.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

They also burned, and his head was full of a sort of vacant daze, from sleeplessness.
Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt

Feverishness and sleeplessness now naturally show themselves.
Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

Then silence fell again, and no one was the wiser for Theodora's sleeplessness.
Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray

There is only one excuse for drunkenness, and that is sleeplessness.
Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore

Lydia raised her white face, haggard and livid with sleeplessness and anxiety.
Extract from : « The Dark House » by Georg Manville Fenn

Synonyms for sleeplessness

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