Drowsy
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English
Adjective
Drowsy (comparative drowsier, superlative drowsiest)
- Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
- I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
- Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
- It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
- Dull; stupid.
Derived terms
Adverbs for Drowsy
irresistibly; pleasantly; dully; deliciously; overwhelmingly; heavily; comfortably; cosily; warmly; fortunately; suddenly; fitfully; uncomfortably; inconveniently; over- poweringly; fatally; quietly; tranquilly; quietly; restfully; peacefully; drunkenly; pleasingly; mysteriously; startlingly; alarmingly; feverishly; hypnotically; dangerously; constantly; languorously; gradually; imperceptibly; idly; inertly; torpidly; lumpishly; dreamily; wearily.
Verbs for Drowsy
allow for—; bloat with—; convert from—; dissolve into—; give off—; heap—; leave —; mass—; mix with—; mound—; purge of—; refine—; separate—; scum—; skim off—; —detracts; —floats; —remains.
Thesaurus
anesthetized, appeasing, calming, cataleptic, comatose, cradling, doped, dozy, dreamy, drugged, drugged with sleep, gentling, groggy, half asleep, heavy, heavy with sleep, heavy-eyed, hushing, in a stupor, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lazy, lethargic, listless, lulling, mollifying, napping, narcoleptic, narcose, narcotized, narcous, nodding, oscitant, out of it, pacifying, quietening, restful, rocking, sedated, sleep-drowned, sleep-drunk, sleep-filled, sleep-swollen, sleepful, sleepy, sluggish, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent, soothful, soothing, soporific, stilling, stretchy, stuporose, stuporous, tired, torpid, tranquilizing, weary, yawning, yawny
Etymology
Probably from or akin to Old English drūsian.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊzi
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