English > sleepy: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | Ready to fall asleep. |
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Examples | - "beginning to feel sleepy"
- "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"
- "sleepyheaded students"
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Synonyms | sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded |
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Broader | asleep | In a state of sleep |
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Spanish | adormecido, adormilado, cansado, somnoliento, soñoliento, sueño |
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Catalan | adormit, endormiscat, ensonyat, ensopit, somnolent |
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Nouns | sleep | a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended |
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sleepiness | a very sleepy state |
Adverbs | sleepily | in a sleepy manner |
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