sleepy
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /ˈsliːpi/
- Rhymes: -iːpi
Adjective
sleepy (comparative sleepier, superlative sleepiest)
- Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- John Dryden
- She wak'd her sleepy crew.
- John Dryden
- Suggesting tiredness.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- Tending to induce sleep; soporific.
- a sleepy drink or potion
- Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
- William Shakespeare
- 'Tis not sleepy business;
But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
- 'Tis not sleepy business;
- William Shakespeare
- Quiet; without bustle or activity.
- a sleepy English village
Synonyms
- tired
- See also Thesaurus:sleepy
Translations
feeling the need for sleep
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quiet; without bustle or activity
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Noun
sleepy (uncountable)
- (informal) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
- 1964, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
- "Did he always leave the sleepy in his eyes?" "Never removed it; let it build up in the comers of his eyes over the weeks until it was heavy enough to fall […]
- 1991, Martin Amis, London Fields
- But the nightdress was heavy, the sleepy in her eyes was heavy, her hair (she made a mustache of one of its locks) was heavy and smelled of cigarettes […]
- Synonym: sleep (which see for more)
- 1964, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
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