Synonyms for sleeplessness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sleep-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈslip lɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for sleeplessness
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for sleeplessness
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