sleepy
Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
Other meanings
Suggesting tiredness.
Tending to induce sleep.
“a sleepy drink or potion”
Related words
- nonsleepy
- sleepyhead
- sleepytime
- unsleepy
- sleepy lizard
- eepy
- eep
- sleepy cod
- sleepy crab
- sleepy underwing
- sleepy distemper
- sleepy dust
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "slepy".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sleepy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.