drowsy warmth

  • 1performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 2sleepy — sleepily, adv. sleepiness, n. /slee pee/, adj., sleepier, sleepiest. 1. ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy. 2. of or showing drowsiness. 3. languid; languorous: a sleepy gesture. 4. lethargic; sluggish: a sleepy brook. 5. q …

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  • 3mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …

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  • 4heavy — [[t]he̱vi[/t]] ♦♦ heavier, heaviest, heavies 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is heavy weighs a lot. These scissors are awfully heavy... Gosh, that was a heavy bag!... The mud stuck to her boots, making her feet heavy and her legs tired. Ant: light… …

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  • 5sleepy — sleep•y [[t]ˈsli pi[/t]] adj. sleep•i•er, sleep•i•est 1) ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy 2) of or showing drowsiness 3) lethargic; inactive: a sleepy village[/ex] 4) inducing sleep; soporific: sleepy warmth[/ex] • Etymology: 1175–1225… …

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