Synonyms for sleepiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : slee-pee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsli pi

Définition of sleepiness

Origin : early 13c. from sleep (n.) + -y (2). Perhaps in Old English but not recorded. Old English had slæpor, slæpwerig in the sense "sleepy;" slæpnes "sleepiness." Cf. Old High German slafag. Of places, from 1851 (Irving's Sleepy Hollow is from 1820). Sleepy-head is from 1570s. Related: Sleepily; sleepiness.

noun torpor

Example sentences :

He was sleepy, that was all; but a sleepiness to fight against—he must still fight.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

But they ignored his sleepiness, and he would not move away from their company.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

He saw her face, and the dim light, and the sleepiness was suddenly gone from him.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

My sleepiness seemed to have left me, and all my wits were at work.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

When freezing to death a man feels overcome with sleepiness and stupor.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

I saw Nettleship for the first time showing signs of sleepiness.
Extract from : « Paddy Finn » by W. H. G. Kingston

And so I was suddenly seized with a fit of sleepiness, which broke off our conversation.
Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Sleepiness is worse in some ways, though not so bad for the other people.
Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham

It was very pleasant to Darrow that she made no effort to talk or to dissemble her sleepiness.
Extract from : « The Reef » by Edith Wharton

I am beginning to get impatient with the Brazilian sleepiness and ignorance.
Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James

Antonyms for sleepiness

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