dreamless

[ dreem-lis ]

adjective

1. undisturbed by dreams:

   a sound and dreamless sleep.

Other Words From

• dreamless·ly adverb
• dreamless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dreamless¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; dream + -less

Example Sentences

He would have welcomed instantaneous sleep—ten hours of refreshing, dreamless sleep.

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A long, dreamless sleep took instant charge of him, for he was exhausted to a state of utter depletion.

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Haggard flung himself upon the sofa, and then he slept the dreamless sleep of a little child.

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Groping his way with half-closed eyes back to the bed, he falls again into a heavy, dreamless slumber.

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His sleep was sound enough for the proverbial just man, sound and dreamless, aided perhaps by a liberal allowance of wine.

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