drowsy
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈdraʊzi/
:
somnoliento
- She struggled to keep her eyes open as the lecture made her feel increasingly drowsy.
- make you drowsy
- drowsy children
Does anyone remember taking antihistamines before non drowsy ones were brought in?
- Does anyone remember taking antihistamines before non drowsy ones were brought in?
- On one occasion he gave them enough anesthetic drug so they were a little drowsy.
- There was a falling apart of blackness and absence, and then I was back, drowsy and disoriented, but definitely there.
- Only four feet long and drowsy from the chilly air, the alligator was caught by a scientist whose hands were bare.
- She found herself gazing through a grill of iron bars, deep into that drowsy jungle of blossoms and scent in silence which had crossed at the mountain's foot.
- So I was telling Egan when I, when I drink a whole one of these things, I start to feel like really, I start to feel like slow and drowsy.
- So she breaks it down to staring drowsy, dithering, and restless.
- Akash came in here drowsy as fuck, right?
Examples
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I just woke up, but I'm still in that kind of drowsy state, half awake, half asleep.
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They make me extremely drowsy and when I'm asleep I stay asleep.
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I feel so drowsy out of nowhere, so drowsy.
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Excuse me, I am a bit drowsy.
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One should never drive while drowsy.
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Already taken my pills, and they tend to make me a bit drowsy.
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He seemed fine, just really drowsy.
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When at last she crawled into bed, she felt very drowsy and relaxed.
Fiction book (1995) -
At that drowsy time of early morning, the majority of us were sleeping peacefully, dreaming of home and the joys awaiting us there.
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The scotch has made Ethan drowsy, and he slumps into a kitchen chair.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy
142
1.0
Feeling very tired and wanting to close your eyes
15
5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
13
4.1
Feeling very tired and having no energy
5
5.3
Having eyes that look tired from not enough sleep
3
4.0
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
2
8.4
Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep
2
3.4
Too sleepy to relax or fall asleep
1
8.7
Not fully paying attention and feeling confused or dreamy
1
4.3
Sleepy and likely to fall asleep
1
4.0
Having eyes that look tired and like you want to close them
1
9.1
Very tired, asleep, or feeling the effect of alcohol
1
5.3
Very tired and unable to keep your eyes open
1
4.6
Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep
Calm and quiet in a way that makes you feel sleepy
A calm, quiet mood that makes you feel sleepy
Having a sleepy, calm feeling that makes you relax
Showing boredom by yawning or being very sleepy
Antonyms
How Sleepy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drowsy comes from the old verb drowse, which means 'to doze' or 'be half-asleep'. So when you feel drowsy you are like someone starting to fall asleep and not fully awake.