sleepy

Speech parts

1. sleepy - Noun

2. sleepy - Adjective

3. sleepy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.

Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.

Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.

Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

senna sleepyhead heavy dead slow sleep peaceful quiet exhausted sleeping tired asleep inert inactive dull

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Antonyms

active animal wakeful sprightly fresh alive

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Phrases with the word

National Sleepy Head Day be sleepy sleepy time sleepy poppy make sleepy sleepy booger

Derivatives

sleepier sleepiest

Examples

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Jack London

Yes, talking to people makes me sleepy. Fernando Pessoa

Sleepy turtles never catch up with the sunrise. Jamaican Proverb

The sleepy fox has seldom feathered breakfasts. Romanian Proverb

The paunch warm, the foot sleepy. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sleepwise sleepwort sleepwrite sleepy booger sleepy cod sleepy crab