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How to pronounce sleepiness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms drowsiness, somnolence
Type of temporary state
Has types oscitance, oscitancy
Derivation sleepy


sleepiness causes many driving accidents.

Examples of sleepiness

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Participants were asked to describe their napping habits and daytime sleepiness.
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Provigil is approved to treat excessive daytime sleepiness caused by narcolepsy.
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The presence and absence of light can affect levels of sleepiness and alertness.
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Rabies signs include sleepiness, fever, lack of coordination and aggressiveness.
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If the cells'activity decreases, narcolepsy or sudden sleepiness, is the result.
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The total amount of sleep and the degree of daytime sleepiness were not impacted.
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Nausea, severe headache, glossy eyes, sudden sleepiness, are all common symptoms.
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Recognition of sleepiness is the first step to finding a cause and treating it.
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Estimation of sleepiness using pupillary response and its frequency components.
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More examples
  • A very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
  • (sleepy) ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"
  • Somnolence (or "drowsiness") is a state of near-sleep, a strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (cf. hypersomnia). ...
  • SLEEPY is an original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, Chris and Roz. It is part of the "Psi Powers series".
  • (sleepy) The gum that builds up in the eye; Tired; feeling the need for sleep; Suggesting tirednes
  • (Sleepy) wears a light steel blue tuque that flops down and is a bit longer than those worn by the other Dwarfs. His round, pink nose is roughly the same size as Doc's and his thick, white beard seems to be the longest out of all the Dwarfs (though Bashful's beard may be the same length). ...
  • (sleepy) Having a fuzzy or misty quality in the brilliance of a gem, a lack ofcrispness. Defining quality in Kashmir sapphire
  • (sleepy) The periodic suspension of consciousness (during which the powers of the body are restored) that we call "sleep" cannot be criticized on moral grounds, since it's an unavoidable natural phenomenon, like weather. ...
  • Special quality attributed to high-end rubies and Kashmir blue sapphires due to very fine invisible needles shattering light rays.