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sleepless

(sliːpləs)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A sleepless night is one during which you do not sleep.
I have sleepless nights worrying about her.
Synonyms: wakeful, disturbed, restless, insomniac More Synonyms of sleepless
2. adjective
Someone who is sleepless is unable to sleep.
A sleepless baby can seem to bring little reward.
sleeplessness uncountable noun
Sleeplessness is sometimes the side effect of certain medications.
Synonyms: insomnia, wakefulness More Synonyms of sleepless
More Synonyms of sleepless

sleepless in British English

(ˈsliːplɪs)
adjective
1. 
without sleep or rest
a sleepless journey
2. 
unable to sleep
3. 
always watchful or alert
4. mainly poetic
always active or moving
the sleepless tides
Derived forms
sleeplessly (ˈsleeplessly)
adverb
sleeplessness (ˈsleeplessness)
noun

sleepless in American English

(ˈsliplɪs)
adjective
1. 
unable to sleep; wakeful; restless
2. 
marked by absence of sleep
a sleepless night
3. 
constantly moving, active, or alert
Derived forms
sleeplessly (ˈsleeplessly)
adverb
sleeplessness (ˈsleeplessness)
noun

Examples of 'sleepless' in a sentence
sleepless

There is no real point in spending hours and hours of sleepless nights agonising over the team.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The problem is causing me many sleepless nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Which is why we had yet another sleepless night.
The Sun (2010)
The dilemma about succumbing to grey gave her sleepless nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It gave me many a sleepless night.
The Sun (2015)
How many sweaty sleepless nights would lie ahead.
The Sun (2009)
You can have many sleepless nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It had been a long, sleepless night.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
You'll be better able to withstand it if you have spent the sleepless hours relaxing.
Westcott, Patsy Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)
If the thought did cause anyone a sleepless hour or two, they need not have worried.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I spent many sleepless nights preparing then directing the film.
The Sun (2012)
I had many sleepless nights while we were putting this deal together.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Everyone felt awful each morning after another sleepless night, and looked progressively worse as the days went on.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I think there are going to be a few sleepless nights before now and the first curtain call.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fear, when ghosts and demons are most powerful.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Another tremor, another sleepless night.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There were many sleepless nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I have lots of sleepless nights.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But as soon as the night came he switched to an anxious man, terrified at the thought of spending another sleepless night alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I'm happy to handle a few sleepless nights as long as we carry on winning.
The Sun (2006)
He admitted that he spent few sleepless hours worrying about England's attacking potential.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Already sleepless for 30 hours, he urged concentration.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
sleepless

British English: sleepless ADJECTIVE
A sleepless night is one during which you do not sleep.
I have sleepless nights worrying about her.
  • American English: sleepless
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sem sono
  • Chinese: 失眠的
  • European Spanish: en vela
  • French: sans sommeil
  • German: schlaflos
  • Italian: insonne
  • Japanese: 眠れない>夜
  • Korean: 잠 못 이루는
  • European Portuguese: sem sono
  • Latin American Spanish: en vela

Chinese translation of 'sleepless'

sleepless

(ˈsliːplɪs)

adj

  1. [person] 失眠的 (shīmián de)
    to have a sleepless night 过(過)了个(個)不眠之夜 (guòle gè bù mián zhī yè)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
unable to sleep
I have sleepless nights worrying about her.
Synonyms
wakeful
Wakeful babies often continue to need little sleep as they grow older.
disturbed
restless
He had spent a restless few hours on the plane.
insomniac
unsleeping
2 (adjective) 
Definition
always active
his sleepless vigilance
Synonyms
alert
He had been spotted by an alert neighbour.
vigilant
Police warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
watchful
Children swam at the pool, under the watchful eye of the lifeguards.
wide awake
You need to stay alert and wide awake to avoid accidents as you drive.
unsleeping

Additional synonyms

in the sense of restless
Definition
not restful
He had spent a restless few hours on the plane.
Synonyms
sleepless,
disturbed,
wakeful,
unsleeping,
insomniac,
tossing and turning
in the sense of vigilant
Definition
on the watch for trouble or danger
Police warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
Synonyms
watchful,
alert,
on the lookout,
careful,
cautious,
attentive,
circumspect,
wide awake,
on the alert,
on your toes,
wakeful,
on your guard,
on the watch,
on the qui vive,
Argus-eyed,
keeping your eyes peeled or skinned (informal)
in the sense of watchful
Definition
carefully observing everything that happens
Children swam at the pool, under the watchful eye of the lifeguards.
Synonyms
alert,
attentive,
vigilant,
observant,
guarded,
suspicious,
wary,
on the lookout,
circumspect,
wide awake,
on your toes,
on your guard,
on the watch,
on the qui vive,
heedful

Synonyms of 'sleepless'

sleepless

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of wide awake
You need to stay alert and wide awake to avoid accidents as you drive.
Synonyms
alert,
vigilant,
on the ball (informal),
aware,
keen,
wary,
watchful,
observant,
on the alert,
on your toes,
on the qui vive,
heedful
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