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Another word for sleepy

sleepy Synonyms

sleepy

modif.

drowsy, tired, dozy, somnolent, slumberous, sluggish; see also tired.

sleepy applies to a person who is nearly overcome by a desire to sleep and, figuratively, suggests either the power to induce sleepiness or a quiet stillness resembling or conducive to sleep a sleepy town, song, etc.; drowsy stresses the sluggishness or lethargic heaviness accompanying sleepiness the drowsy sentry fought off sleep through the watch; somnolent is a formal equivalent of either of the preceding, though it more frequently refers to the stillness of the subject or to the subject's tendency to induce drowsiness the somnolent voice of the speaker; slumberous, also a formal or poetic equivalent, sometimes suggests latent powers in repose a slumberous city

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Another word for sleepy

adjective

Ready for or needing sleep:
dozy, drowsy, nodding, slumberous, slumbery, somnolent, soporific. See awareness
Inducing sleep or sedation:
hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, slumberous, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, soporific. See awareness

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My sleepy greeting was met by a shout.
"Okay," she said in a sleepy voice.
"Well, I think you must be sleepy," said he, and began rapidly crossing himself and repeating:
The boy was no longer sleepy, but full of energy and excitement.
The voice had lost its sleepy sound.

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