'Sleeplessness' definitions:
Definition of 'sleeplessness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come" [syn: wakefulness, sleeplessness] [ant: drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence]
Definition of 'Sleeplessness'
From: GCIDE
- Sleepless \Sleep"less\, a.
- 1. Having no sleep; wakeful. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." --Byron. [1913 Webster] -- {Sleep"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sleep"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sleeplessness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- agility,
- alertness,
- all-night vigil,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- brightness,
- consciousness,
- insomnia,
- insomniac,
- insomnolence,
- insomnolency,
- keenness,
- lidless vigil,
- nimbleness,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- punctuality,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- restlessness,
- sentience,
- sharpness,
- smartness,
- tossing and turning,
- vigil,
- wake,
- wakefulness