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dopey	(informal) sleepy, sluggish, or dazed from or as if from the use of alcohol or drugs. [1/2 definitions]
drowsy	nearly asleep; very sleepy.
narcotic	a drug that causes a person to become sleepy or unconscious and that may be used as a medicine to dull pain or cause sleep. Narcotics can be dangerous when not used as a medicine and can become hard to give up.
sandman	in folklore and fairy tales, a person who makes children sleepy by sprinkling sand in their eyes.
sleepyhead	(informal) someone who is sleepy.
somnolent	sleepy or drowsy. [1/2 definitions]
soporific	sleepy or drowsy. [1/3 definitions]
tire¹	to become weak or sleepy. [1/4 definitions]
tired	needing sleep or rest; fatigued; sleepy. [1/3 definitions]
wide-awake	not asleep or sleepy; completely awake. [1/2 definitions]

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