groggy
21
5.6
- adjective
- /ˈɡrɑɡi/
:
aturdido
- For an hour or two after you wake, you'll feel, yes, slightly groggy, but then fine, perfectly fine.
- still groggy
- feel groggy
- wake up groggy
And as a result, we're, we're going around groggy.
- And as a result, we're, we're going around groggy.
- And then you wake up and you're groggy and jet lagged because your body saw all this light at night and thought that there was a danger.
- I just feel a lot of the things that make me feel weird about food, like a little groggy or like full or just whatever.
Examples
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The phone rings three or four times before it is answered by a groggy voice.
Fiction book (1991) -
The next day, the old man wakes up groggy, haggard, and listless.
Academic text (2007) -
Couple of hours he might be a bit groggy, but he'll be good to go back down.
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That will make him feel pretty groggy.
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Miss Ryan is very groggy and still in a lot of pain.
Fiction book (1994) -
The doctor had warned us that the medication might make her groggy for a while.
Fiction book (1995) -
You were pretty groggy at first, but now you're OK.
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I was a bit groggy before, then I started noticing things.
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She's a little groggy because of the meds, but they're doing a fine job at the hospital.
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After taking the medication, he felt very groggy and had trouble staying awake.
Synonyms
40
4.8
Not able to think and act clearly after a shock or when very tired
29
5.7
Feeling dizzy and unsteady, as if you might faint
22
2.7
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
18
3.4
Unable to think clearly or react quickly
14
4.4
Feeling dizzy and as if you might faint
3
4.0
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
1
8.7
Not fully paying attention and feeling confused or dreamy
1
9.8
Feeling slow and tired after not sleeping, being sick, or taking medicine
1
6.8
Feeling slow and without energy after being tired or ill
1
7.8
Feeling slow and without energy
1
5.3
Very tired and unable to keep your eyes open
Confused and unable to think clearly because of tiredness or stress
Moving or feeling slow and heavy because you are tired
Antonyms
How Groggy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word groggy comes from the sailors' drink grog, a name for watered-down 'rum' given out by an admiral nicknamed 'Old Grog'. If sailors drank too much grog, they felt weak and unsteady, so groggy now means 'weak, unsteady, or confused'.