Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack or deprivation of sleep; inability to sleep; morbid wakefulness, technically called
insomnia .
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- noun The property of being
sleepless .
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- noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes, even if u dont get any sleep, that sleeplessness is enough to remind u of ur state of mind and that something needs to be settled.
Dating 101: The Best Relationship Advice I Ever Got- By Sara Anderson for Redbook 2009
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Not only does it make you look tired and unhealthy, but long-term sleeplessness can damage your health.
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It is, however, worth noticing how prevalent sleeplessness is among a class of women who have never practiced any self-indulgence or allowed any relief to their desires.
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She says that as a parent you don't have time to be miserable: It can be hard – the sleeplessness is the worst part – but you are too busy to get depressed.
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If the sleeplessness is a result of indigestion a plain diet will relieve.
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For a little while Donald lay awake under the eaves in his loft room, but his sleeplessness was the result neither of worry or nervous tension.
'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson
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According to scientists, the key to sleeplessness is to force bad sleepers to spend less time in bed.
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We can help them talk through the feelings that they have, what they may be experiencing such as sleeplessness, a high level of anxiety, being very jumpy, reliving the experience by having images of what happened.
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But if more general symptoms appear, such as sleeplessness and heat in the head, cooling of the head is required.
Papers on Health John Kirk
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The fight against insomnia which we discussed referred only to that sleeplessness which is itself an expression of the disease.
Psychotherapy Hugo M��nsterberg 1889
mollusque commented on the word sleeplessness
Strange how Weirdnet defines this in the second person.
December 2, 2007
bilby commented on the word sleeplessness
Does it? Are you sure WeirdNET isn't speaking only to you?
December 2, 2007
seanahan commented on the word sleeplessness
This is a fabulous word. 5 s's, 4 e's, 13 letters, 5 distinct, and three syllables.
October 28, 2008
mollusque commented on the word sleeplessness
In the same league: stresslessness and sleevelessness.
October 28, 2008