sound asleep en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Sleeping still and silently.
When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.
1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter V, in For the Term of His Natural Life:
Antonyms
Hypernyms
out cold · asleep · knock out · out · unconscious
Synonyms
down for the count · fast asleep
Translations (11)
fr dormir à poings fermés (sleeping still and silently) · cmn 熟睡 (sleeping still and silently) · cmn 沉睡 (sleeping still and silently) · pt ferrado no sono (sleeping still and silently) · ru крепко спящий (sleeping still and silently) · de tief schlafend (sleeping still and silently) · de fest schlafend (sleeping still and silently) · bcl nanok (sleeping still and silently) · tr mışıl mışıl uyuyan (sleeping still and silently) · et sügavas unes (sleeping still and silently) · fi syvässä unessa (sleeping still and silently)