different between sleepy vs comatose

English

Etymology

sleep +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sli?pi/
• Rhymes: -i?pi

Adjective

sleepy (comparative sleepier, superlative sleepiest)

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.

   • She wak'd her sleepy crew.

2. Suggesting tiredness.
   • 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2

     At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.

3. Tending to induce sleep; soporific.

   a sleepy drink or potion

4. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
5. Quiet; without bustle or activity.

   a sleepy English village

Synonyms

• tired
• See also Thesaurus:sleepy

Translations

Noun

sleepy (uncountable)

1. (informal) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.

   Synonym: (which see for more) sleep

Anagrams

• Epleys

English

Etymology

• perhaps from French comateux
• From Ancient Greek ???? (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive ??????? (k?matos)). Equivalent to coma +? -ose (“full of”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?m?to?s/

Adjective

comatose (comparative more comatose, superlative most comatose)

1. In a coma: unconscious.

2. (informal) Drowsy or lethargic.
3. (informal) Fast asleep.

Derived terms

• comatose sleep
• comatose fever

Related terms

• coma

Translations

See also

• braindead
• vegetative

References

Anagrams

• octasome

Interlingua

Adjective

comatose (not comparable)

1. comatose, in coma

Related terms

• coma

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ma?to.ze/
• Hyphenation: co?ma?tó?se

Adjective

comatose

1. feminine plural of comatoso