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asleep

/ə'slip/

Synonyms of asleep Antonyms of asleep Examples of asleep Usage of asleep Parts of asleep Definition that contains asleep Words sounding like asleep Explanation of asleep

adjective
lacking sensation
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"my foot is asleep"

Similar:

benumbed numb insensible
adjective
dead
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Similar:

at peace at rest deceased departed gone dead
adjective
in a state of sleep
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"were all asleep when the phone rang" "fell asleep at the wheel"

Similar:

dozy drowsy fast asleep hibernating hypnoid at rest drowsing sleepy sleepy-eyed sleepyheaded slumberous slumbery slumbrous somnolent sound asleep torpid unawakened dormant

Opposite:

awake
into a sleeping state
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"he fell asleep"
in the sleep of death
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Usage of asleep

"euphemism"