sleepiness

sleep·y  (slp)

adj. sleep·i·er, sleep·i·est

1.

a. Ready for or needing sleep.

b. Sluggish from sleep.

2. Inducing sleep.

3. Inactive; quiet: a sleepy rural town.

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sleepi·ly adv.

sleepi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sleepiness - a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents" drowsiness, somnolence temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time oscitance, oscitancy - drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning sleeplessness, wakefulness - a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come"

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sleepiness

noun drowsiness, lethargy, torpor, heaviness, somnolence, doziness I was doomed to sleepiness for the remainder of the morning.

Translations

sleepiness [ˈsliːpɪnɪs] N

1. [of person] → somnolencia f

2. [of town, village] → tranquilidad f (pej) → sopor m (pej)

sleepiness [ˈsliːpinɪs] n → torpeur f, envie f de dormir

sleepiness

n

(= drowsiness) → Müdigkeit f, → Schläfrigkeit f

(fig: of place, atmosphere) → Verschlafenheit f

sleepiness [ˈsliːpɪnɪs] n (of person, village) → sonnolenza