Sleepless Definition & Meaning
sleepless
- adjective
- experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
- always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson
"Sleepless" in song lyrics
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"While I be catchin' bags under my sights from sleepless"
Dan-e-o — Dear Hip Hop -
"I was damn near speechless and sleepless"
Hell Razah — I'm Leavin' -
"Make peace lead each that walk the streets sleepless"
T-weaponz f/ Diamonique — Mama Said
Words that rhyme with sleepless
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- What does sleepless mean?
- experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson
- What part of speech is sleepless?
- Sleepless is an adjective.
- How many definitions does sleepless have?
- Sleepless has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).