Sleepish

//ˈsliːpɪʃ//

Synonyms for "sleepish" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)

adrowse bedroomy dopey dozy dragging one's tail

Strong matches (8)

Adjective(8 words)

drowsy eyelids at half-mast hypersomnolent nappish nodding off oscitant out of steam sleepbound

Related words (12)

Adjective(12 words)

sleepful sleepy slombry slumberful slumberous slumbersome slumbery snoozy somniculous somnolent somnolescent tired

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2 relation types

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sleep

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2 entries

drowsy sleepy

Sample sentences

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One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.

Source: wiktionary

She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.

Source: wiktionary

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