sleeplessness
NounSynonyms:
wakefulness
WordNet 3.0
Noun (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”Synonyms: wakefulness
Webster's Dictionary (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]