Sleepy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsliːpi/
• Rhymes: -iːpi

Full definition of sleepy

Adjective

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
• DrydenShe wak'd her sleepy crew.
2. Suggesting tiredness.
• 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorationsas the tree had recovered from the collision.
3. Tending to induce sleep; soporific.a sleepy drink or potion
4. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
• Shakespeare'Tis not sleepy business;
  But must be looked to speedily and strongly.

Synonyms

• tired

Noun

1. (informal) The gum that builds up in the eye
• 1964, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a great notion"Did he always leave the sleepy in his eyes?" "Never removed it; let it build up in the comers of his eyes over the weeks until it was heavy enough to fall...
• 1991, Martin Amis, London fieldsBut the nightdress was heavy, the sleepy in her eyes was heavy, her hair (she made a mustache of one of its locks) was heavy and smelled of cigarettes...