sleepy

CEFRA1

/ˈsliːpi/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Ready or likely to fall asleep.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Suggesting tiredness.

Examples

  • I feel sleepy when I listen to soft music.

  • I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Tending to induce sleep.

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.

  2. Dull; lazy.

More examples

In context

  • It is because you work too much that you are sleepy all the time.

  • a sleepy drink or potion

  • a sleepy English village

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Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).