wakeless sleep

  • 1wakeless — adjective (of sleep) deep and complete a heavy sleep fell into a profound sleep a sound sleeper deep wakeless sleep • Syn: ↑heavy, ↑profound, ↑sound …

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  • 2wakeless — /wayk lis/, adj. (of sleep) sound; deep: He lay in wakeless sleep. [1815 25; WAKE1 + LESS] * * * …

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  • 3wakeless — adjective Date: 1611 sound, unbroken < wakeless sleep > …

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  • 4wakeless — [wāk′lis] adj. unbroken; deep: said of sleep …

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  • 5wakeless — adj. of uninterrupted sleep; profound, heavy, deep (of sleep) …

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  • 6wakeless — wake•less [[t]ˈweɪk lɪs[/t]] adj. (of sleep) sound; deep • Etymology: 1815–25 …

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  • 7asleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleeping; dozing, napping; quiescent, dormant; numb; dead (See death). See inactivity, inattention. Ant., awake, alert. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sleeping, dreaming, inert, quiet, resting, snoring …

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  • 8sleeping — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dormant, inert, inactive; see asleep . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. In a state of sleep: asleep, unawake. Idioms: dead to the world, fast (or sound) asleep, in a sound (or wakeless) sleep, out like a light.&#8230; …

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  • 9unawake — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective In a state of sleep: asleep, sleeping. Idioms: dead to the world, fast (or sound) asleep, in a sound (or wakeless) sleep, out like a light. See AWARENESS …

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