Dictionary

sleepish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsliːpɪʃ/

Etymology

From sleep + -ish.

Meanings

1. sleepy; drowsy
   • She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet. 2010, Brenda Croan, Hidden in a Pillow:
   • 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. 1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

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Synonyms

adrowse · tired · slumbery · slumbersome · snoozy · drowsy · oscitant · slombry · somnolescent · sleepbound · out of steam · slumberous · nodding off · sleepbound · dopey · bedroomy · somniculous · somnolent · slumberful · dozy · dragging one's tail · sleepish · eyelids at half-mast · somnolent · sleepy