Meanings
adjectivedreamless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout dreams.
She spent the night in a deep and dreamless sleep.
1 more example
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto II”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveuntroubled by dreams
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*draumaz
- Proto-West Germanic*draum
- Old Englishdrēam
- Middle Englishdrem
- Englishdream
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishdreamless
Translations
Esperanto sensonĝa
- sensonĝawithout dreams while sleeping
Finnish uneton, unelmaton
- unetonwithout dreams while sleeping
- unelmatonwithout dreams or visions while awake
Cite this entry
APA
dreamless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamless
MLA
“dreamless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreamless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreamless.
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