English Explanatory Dictionary

sleepy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
  2. Suggesting tiredness.
  3. Tending to induce sleep.
  4. Dull; lazy.
  5. Quiet; without bustle or activity.
noun
  1. The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
  2. Shingleback.

Pronunciation

en-us-sleepy.ogg /ˈsliːpi/

Word forms

sleepy sleepier sleepiest sleeby sleepies

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).

Synonyms

adrowse bedroomy dozy dopey dragging one's tail drowsy eyelids at half-mast nodding off oscitant out of steam sleepbound sleepish sleepy slombry snoozy slumberful slumberous slumbersome slumbery somniculous somnolent somnolescent tired jaded weary bleareyed bleary bleary-eyed bone-tired bushed tired out spent wrecked drained dog-tired dog-weary exhausted fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn heavyeyed languid enervated out of gas played out run-down shattered shot stuffed washed out weariful whacked whipped worn worn out banjaxed beat buggered busted

Antonyms

nonsleepy unsleepy

Related words

sleep

Derived words

eep eepy nonsleepy sleepily sleepiness sleepy-bye sleepy-byes sleepy catchfly sleepy cod sleepy crab sleepy distemper sleepy-dust sleepy dust sleepy goby sleepy head sleepyhead Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Joe sleepy sand sleepy sickness sleepytime sleepy underwing unsleepy
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