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grogginess

grogginess

1 4.8
A feeling of being dazed and only partly awake after poor sleep or drinking alcohol
  • noun
  • /ˈɡrɑːɡi.nəs/
translation icon : somnolencia
  • After sleeping poorly last night, she woke up feeling a strong sense of grogginess that made it hard to concentrate.
  • leads to grogginess

Examples

  • They're dealing with grogginess or crankiness or other effects of having fragmented sleep.

  • " The first couple of times I heard that stirring before dawn, I thought, in my grogginess, that all was well.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The knocking at the door pulled her out of sleep into grogginess.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • For a moment, through his grogginess, he felt the weight of his own stupidity.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • He's still like under the effects of the grogginess of the anesthesia.

  • Secondly, what we found is that the those sleeping pills can often come with a grogginess in the morning and some forgetfulness.

  • Through his sleepy grogginess, he hears someone hacking at it.

    Academic text (2007)
  • As I slowly recover from the grogginess of a sleep interrupted by frustration, I feel something brush my knuckle.

    Blog text (3)
  • "Frankenstein's words were so urgent that they pierced the fog of grogginess that surrounded Summer.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Waking out of deep sleep may lead to feelings of grogginess and disorientation for several minutes (a phenomenon called "sleep inertia").

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

lethargy
vsgrogginess
12 6.3

A feeling of tiredness and low energy

is a dazed or partly awake state rather than prolonged inactivity
drowsiness
vsgrogginess
6 1.8

A feeling of being very sleepy and wanting to sleep

is marked by dazed, weak, or partly awake state rather than pure sleepiness
punchiness
vsgrogginess
7.7

A feeling of being slightly dazed and unsteady after shock, illness, or no sleep

is a more marked dazed, weak, or partly awake feeling
logginess
vsgrogginess
  • Informal
9.3

A feeling that makes you slow and without energy

is more about dazedness and partial wakefulness than just low energy
loginess
vsgrogginess
  • Archaic
9.6

A feeling of being heavy, slow, and very tired

focuses on being dazed, weak, or only partly awake rather than heaviness

Antonyms

29 4.3

Energy and liveliness that make a person or thing seem active

14 2.9

A state of being watchful and ready to notice and act on danger or problems

How Groggy

stupor
  • Specialized
17 7.7
grogginess
1 4.8
sleepiness
8 1.0
drowsiness
6 1.8
wakefulness
1 5.4

Surface Forms

grogginess singular
grogginesses plural

Morphology

grogginess = groggy (transparent) = groggy + ness

The noun is a regular, predictable nominalization of the adjective 'groggy' by -ness; a learner who knows 'groggy' can infer the meaning of 'grogginess'.

Etymology

Grogginess comes from the sailors' word grog, a name for a rum drink that often left people feeling 'dizzy' or 'half-asleep'. That's why grogginess means the dazed, weak, or only partly awake feeling you get after little sleep, illness, or too much alcohol.