sleepy

  • 11sleepy — adj. 1 ready to go to sleep VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound ▪ become, get, grow ▪ make sb …

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  • 12sleepy — [[t]sli͟ːpi[/t]] sleepier, sleepiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are sleepy, you are very tired and are almost asleep. I was beginning to feel amazingly sleepy... She was still tired and sleepy when he woke her. Syn: drowsy Derived words …

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  • 13sleepy */ — UK [ˈsliːpɪ] / US [ˈslɪpɪ] adjective Word forms sleepy : adjective sleepy comparative sleepier superlative sleepiest 1) feeling tired and wanting to sleep I felt very sleepy after lunch. 2) a sleepy place is very quiet and does not have much… …

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  • 14sleepy — sleepily, adv. sleepiness, n. /slee pee/, adj., sleepier, sleepiest. 1. ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy. 2. of or showing drowsiness. 3. languid; languorous: a sleepy gesture. 4. lethargic; sluggish: a sleepy brook. 5. q …

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  • 15sleepy — sleep|y [ slipi ] adjective * 1. ) feeling tired and wanting to sleep: I felt very sleepy after lunch. 2. ) a sleepy place is very quiet and does not have much activity: a sleepy little village ╾ sleep|i|ly adverb ╾ sleep|i|ness noun uncount …

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  • 16sleepy — adjective 1) she felt very sleepy Syn: drowsy, tired, somnolent, languid, languorous, heavy eyed, asleep on one s feet; lethargic, sluggish, enervated, torpid; informal dopey; literary slumberous Ant: awake, alert …

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  • 17sleepy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. drowsy; languid; lethargic. See repose, inactivity. Ant., [wide ]awake, alert. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. drowsy, tired, dozy, somnolent, slumberous, sluggish; see also tired . Syn. sleepy applies… …

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  • 18sleepy — sleep|y [ˈsli:pi] adj comparative sleepier superlative sleepiest 1.) tired and ready to sleep ▪ The warmth from the fire made her feel sleepy. 2.) a sleepy town or area is very quiet, and not much happens there ≠ ↑lively >sleepily adv… …

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  • 19sleepy\ ha\ ha's — When you are so tired everything is funny and you can t stop laughing you have the sleepy ha ha s. It s 4:00 and Sam can t stop laughing. She has a case of the sleepy ha ha s …

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  • 20sleepy\ ha\ ha's — When you are so tired everything is funny and you can t stop laughing you have the sleepy ha ha s. It s 4:00 and Sam can t stop laughing. She has a case of the sleepy ha ha s …

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