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sleep-drunk

sleep-drunk adjective: slowed or weakened by recent sleep; drowsy; groggy.

Adjective

sleep-drunk (comparative more sleep-drunk, superlative most sleep-drunk)

  1. Slowed or weakened by recent sleep; drowsy; groggy.
    • By the sound of it, the ever obliging Agent Barrett didn't really feel like obliging. Else he was too sleep-drunk to string two rational thoughts together.2011, Sabine C. Bauer, Stargate SG-1: Transitions, Fandemonium Books (2011), unnumbered pages
    • My father looked mournfully at me, before turning to whisper something to Elpinoy as he staggered into the kitchen, sleep-drunk.2011, Lia Habel, Dearly, Departed, Del Rey, published 2011, →ISBN

Forms of sleep-drunk

comparativemore sleep-drunk
superlativemost sleep-drunk

Questions about sleep-drunk

What does sleep-drunk mean?
Sleep-drunk means slowed or weakened by recent sleep; drowsy; groggy.
What part of speech is sleep-drunk?
Sleep-drunk is an adjective.

Words near sleep-drunk in the dictionary

  1. sleep with one's fathers
  2. sleep with the fishes
  3. sleep-at-noon
  4. sleep-ate
  5. sleep-deprived
  6. sleep-drunk
  7. sleep-eat
  8. sleep-eaten
  9. sleep-eating
  10. sleep-eats
  11. sleep-flower

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