1.
[syn: wakefulness, sleeplessness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sleeplessness
n 1: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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