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[ sleep-lis ] / ˈslip lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sleepless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout sleep: a sleepless night. watchful; alert: sleepless devotion to duty. always active: the sleepless ocean. Origin of sleeplesslate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at sleep, -less OTHER WORDS FROM sleeplesssleep·less·ly, adverbsleep·less·ness, nounWords nearby sleeplesssleeping pill, sleeping policeman, sleeping porch, sleeping sickness, sleep learning, sleepless, sleep like a log, sleep movement, sleep off, sleep on something, sleep-out Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sleeplessIt was a sleepless night in Chechnya for two lawyers from the Russian town of Orenburg, Sergei Babinets and Dmitriy Dimitriyev. Putin’s Favorite Acolyte Terrorizes Human Rights Activists|Anna Nemtsova|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST I blame a sleepless night or free drinks at a cocktail party. Mommy’s Little Secret? Coffee And Booze.|Sally Kohn|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST And behind the sleepless Moms will come binders full of freshly scrubbed lawyers looking to turn a buck on the news. Could Tylenol Cause ADHD?|Kent Sepkowitz|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now we are learning that it is not just sleepless nights looking after Prince George that may have unsettled his mood. Hacking Trial Delivers an Unwelcome Christmas Present For William and Kate|Tom Sykes|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for sleepless
adjectivewithout sleep or resta sleepless journey unable to sleep always watchful or alert mainly poetic always active or movingthe sleepless tides Derived forms of sleeplesssleeplessly, adverbsleeplessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sleeplessfidgety, active, alert, antsy, anxious, edgy, jumpy, nervous, on edge, troubled, unsettled, wakeful, wide-awake, wired, worried, bustling, fidgeting, strung out |