sleepless

English

Etymology

From Middle English slepeles, from Old English slǣplēas; equivalent to sleep +‎ -less.

Adjective

sleepless (comparative more sleepless, superlative most sleepless)

1. Characterized by an absence of sleep.

   I spent a sleepless night worrying about the exams.

Derived terms

• sleeplessly
• sleeplessness

Translations

absence of sleep

• Catalan: insomne
• Czech: bezesný m
• Dutch: slapeloos (nl)
• Esperanto: sendorma
• Finnish: uneton (fi)
• German: schlaflos (de)
• Hungarian: álmatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 寝不足 (ja) (nebusoku)
• Kazakh: ұйқысыз (ūiqysyz)
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• Latin: insopor
• Manx: sheer-ghooisht
• Maori: koheko, whakawhetū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: søvnløs

• Portuguese: insone (pt)
• Russian: бессо́нный (ru) (bessónnyj)
• Spanish: insomne (es), (noche) en vela
• Swedish: sömnlös (sv)
• Tagalog: puyat
• Turkish: uykusuz (tr)