Sleeplessness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sleeplessness
       n : a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to
           sleep [syn: {wakefulness}] [ant: {sleepiness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleeplessness":
     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