ADJECTIVE | all | asleep | in a state of sleep |
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all | asleep, benumbed, numb | lacking sensation | |
all | asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone | dead | |
ADVERB | all | asleep | into a sleeping state |
all | asleep | in the sleep of death |
Sounds | ahsliy'p | |
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Rhymes | beep ... weep: 22 rhymes with iyp... |
Meaning | In a state of sleep. | |
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Narrower | at rest | In a state of repose or especially sleep |
dormant, hibernating, torpid | In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | |
drowsy, drowsing, dozy | Half asleep | |
fast asleep, sound asleep | sleeping deeply | |
hypnoid | Of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis | |
sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded | Ready to fall asleep | |
slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent | Inclined to or marked by drowsiness | |
unawakened | Still asleep | |
See also | unaware, incognizant | (often followed by 'of') not aware / aware |
unconscious | not conscious | |
Opposite | awake | not in a state of sleep |
Spanish | dormido | |
Catalan | adormit | |
Adverbs | asleep | into a sleeping state |
Meaning | lacking sensation. | |
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Example | "my foot is asleep" | |
Synonyms | benumbed, numb | |
Broader | insensible | Incapable of physical sensation |
Spanish | entumecido, insensibilizado, insensible | |
Catalan | insensibilitzat, insensible |
Meaning | dead. | |
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Synonyms | at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone | |
Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
Spanish | difunto, fallecido, muerto | |
Catalan | difunt, mort | |
Adverbs | asleep | in the sleep of death |
Meaning | Into a sleeping state. | |
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Example | "he fell asleep" | |
Adjectives | asleep | in a state of sleep |
Meaning | In the sleep of death. | |
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Adjectives | asleep | dead |
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