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Word Meanings - SLEEPY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business;

Additional info about word: SLEEPY

1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly. Shak. 4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security. Sleepy duck , the ruddy duck.

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  • DROOPER
    One who, or that which, droops.
  • DROWSY
    1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." Shak. Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell. 2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
  • DROOPINGLY
    In a drooping manner.
  • STUPIDITY
    1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. 2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear. Chapman.
  • HEAVY-HEADED
    Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.
  • TORPIDITY
    See TORPIDNESS
  • TORPIDLY
    In a torpid manner.
  • STUPID
    1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons. O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God! Milton. With wild surprise, A moment stupid,
  • COMATOSE
    Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
  • TORPIDNESS
    The qualityy or state of being torpid.
  • HEAVY-ARMED
    Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
  • DREAMY
    Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. "The dreamy dells." Tennyson.
  • SLEEPY
    1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business;
  • TORPID
    1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. Without heat all things would be torpid. Ray. 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir M. Hale.
  • DROOP
    1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. "The purple flowers droop." "Above her drooped a lamp." Tennyson. I saw him ten days before he
  • HEAVY
    Having the heaves.
  • SLEEPYHEAD
    The ruddy duck. (more info) 1. A sleepy person. To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead. Mother Goose.
  • HEAVY SPAR
    Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.
  • HEAVY-HADED
    Clumsy; awkward.
  • SOMNOLENT
    Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly, adv. He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. De Quincey. (more info) sleep, akin to Gr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa,
  • TOP-HEAVY
    Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. Sir H. Wotton.
  • OVERHEAVY
    Excessively heavy.

 

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