Synonyms for sleepless
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sleep-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈslip lɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for sleepless Other synonyms for the word sleepless
Définition of sleepless
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.
- adj insomniac, restless
- In your service I have spent many toilsome days and sleepless nights.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Long was the conference, and sleepless the couch, of Mr. and Mrs. Morton.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- In any great trouble, any terrible suspense, look at our sleepless nights!
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- If the Marquis can spend a sleepless night, we can afford to do so.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- That night I was sleepless—but about Charley—not about Mary.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Every effort was in vain; I groaned with vexation as I felt that I was in for a sleepless night.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- It had borne on her with the wearing intensity of sleepless nights.
- Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
- The windows without curtains had an indigent, sleepless look.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- The consoler of sleepless nights, of weary days; the companion of troubled years!
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- It may be imagined in what state I spent the rest of that sleepless night.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
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