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sleeplessness

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sleep·less  (slpls)
adj.
1.
a. Marked by a lack of sleep: a sleepless night.
b. Unable to sleep.
2. Always alert or active; never resting: a sleepless district of the city.
sleepless·ly adv.
sleepless·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sleeplessnesssleeplessness - 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"
wakefulness
temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time
Translations
sleeplessness [ˈsliːplɪsnɪs] n → insomnio
sleeplessness [ˈsliːplɪsnɪs] n → insomnie f
sleeplessness [ˈsliːplɪsnɪs] sleep n → Schlaflosigkeit f
sleeplessness [ˈsliːplɪsnɪs] n → insonnia


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My sleeplessness while Nicolete slept had not been all ecstasy, for I had come to a bitter resolution; and next morning, when we were once more on our way, I took a favourable opportunity of conveying it to Nicolete.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Worn out by sleeplessness and anxiety they threw their burden of sorrow on one another and reproached and disputed with each other.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But in the cautious comprehensiveness and unloitering vigilance with which Ahab threw his brooding soul into this unfaltering hunt, he would not permit himself to rest all his hopes upon the one crowning fact above mentioned, however flattering it might be to those hopes; nor in the sleeplessness of his vow could he so tranquillize his unquiet heart as to postpone all intervening quest.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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