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sleepless [ˈsliːplɪs] adj
1. without sleep or rest a sleepless journey 2. unable to sleep 3. always watchful or alert 4. Chiefly poetic always active or moving the sleepless tides sleeplessly adv sleeplessness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
sleepless adjective 1. wakeful, disturbed, restless, insomniac, unsleeping I have sleepless nights worrying about her. 2. (Chiefly poetic) alert, vigilant, watchful, wide awake, unsleeping his sleepless vigilance Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Lonely and sleepless I think of my thankless Master, and vainly would Cradle my sorrow. Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast slept by many a sailor's side, where sleepless mothers would give their lives to lay them down. "To find the sleepless princess," I added, thinking at the same time one of those irrelevant asides that will go through the brain of thirty, that the woman who would get her share of kisses nowadays must neither slumber nor sleep. |
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