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1. (adj.) sleepy
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
2. sleepy
of or showing drowsiness.
3. sleepy
lethargic; inactive:
a sleepy village.
4. sleepy
inducing sleep; soporific:
sleepy warmth.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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| Definition of 'sleepy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
ready to fall asleep
"beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"
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1. (adjective) sleepy
feeling like you want to sleep
The heat was making me sleepy.
2. sleepy
(of a town, neighborhood, etc.) quiet and without much activity
a sleepy little mountain town
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sleepy
drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep
2. (noun) sleepy
tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion
3. (noun) sleepy
dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish
4. (noun) sleepy
characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security
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Sense: inclined to sleep; drowsy
I feel very sleepy after that long walk.
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 Afrikaans: slaperig |
 Arabic: نَعْسان |
 Bulgarian: сънлив |
 Brazilian: sonolento |
 Czech: ospalý |
 German: schläfrig |
 Danish: søvnig |
 Greek: νυσταγμένος |
 Spanish: somnoliento, soñoliento, |
 Estonian: unine |
 Farsi: خواب آلود |
 Finnish: unelias |
 French: somnolent |
 Hebrew: מְנוּמנָם |
 Hindi: उनींदा, निद्रालु |
 Croatian: pospan, dremljiv |
 Hungarian: álmos |
 Indonesian: mengantuk |
 Icelandic: syfjaður |
 Italian: assonnato |
 Japanese: 眠い |
 Korean: 졸리는 |
 Lithuanian: mieguistas |
 Latvian: miegains |
 Malay: mengantuk |
 Dutch: slaperig |
 Norwegian: søvnig, døsig |
 Polish: śpiący |
 Persian: خواب آلود |
 Pashto: خوبجن، خوب نيول، خوبزن، خ |
 Portuguese: ensonado |
 Romanian: somnoros, cu/în stare |
 Russian: сонный |
 Slovak: ospalý |
 Slovenian: zaspan |
 Serbian: pospan |
 Swedish: sömnig |
 Thai: ง่วงนอน |
 Turkish: uykulu, uykusu gelmiş |
 Taiwanese: 想睡的 |
 Ukrainian: сонний, сонливий |
 Urdu: ننداسا |
 Vietnamese: buồn ngủ |
 Chinese: 瞌睡的 |
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