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[ drou-zee ] / ˈdraʊ zi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR drowsy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, drow·si·er, drow·si·est.half-asleep; sleepy. marked by or resulting from sleepiness. dull; sluggish. inducing lethargy or sleepiness: drowsy spring weather. Origin of drowsyFirst recorded in 1520–30; drowse + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR drowsy1 somnolent, dozy. 3 lethargic, listless. SEE SYNONYMS FOR drowsy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM drowsydrow·si·ly, adverbdrow·si·ness, nounWords nearby drowsydrownproof, drownproofing, drowse, drowsihead, drowsiness, drowsy, DrPH, Dr. Strangelove, dr. t., drub, drubbing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drowsyPerhaps a car that blinks a little light when it thinks that you’re drowsy based on how your face looks might not be that harmful. AI Reads Human Emotions. Should it?|Tate Ryan-Mosley|October 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review She and Shemar often stay up late watching TV, and when Shemar made it to school he was often drowsy in class. The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning|by Alec MacGillis|September 28, 2020|ProPublica Casablancas speaks in a drowsy mumble and occasionally needs prodding, but once you do, becomes surprisingly engaged. Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On the Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting Over|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. The Glorious Fourth|David Frum|July 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Barely 20 years ago, Brazil was a drowsy, underperfoming Third World nation, plagued by hyperinflation and boom-and-bust growth. Dilma Thumps for Women|Mac Margolis|September 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST It was a drowsy afternoon, and he objected to travel in these out-of-the-world parts. The Story of an African Farm|(AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner I was told that to keep the people awake a man sometimes goes around spurting cold water over the drowsy and nodding heads. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz He raised himself amongst the down pillows, and contemplated the figures upon the tapestry in a drowsy reverie. John Marchmont's Legacy, Volumes I-III|Mary E. Braddon At intervals throughout the car, drowsy heads bobbed up, the glances of their owners sleepily directed toward the rear door. The Khaki Boys at Camp Sterling|Josephine Chase To add to the peril at any moment, either the drowsy man by the fire, or one of the sleeping men beyond, might awaken. The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp|John Henry Goldfrap
British Dictionary definitions for drowsy
adjective drowsier or drowsiestheavy with sleepiness; sleepy inducing sleep; soporific sluggish or lethargic; dull Derived forms of drowsydrowsily, adverbdrowsiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to drowsylethargic, dazed, comatose, dreamy, drugged, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, restful, sluggish, somnolent, soothing, soporific, tired, torpid, nodding, slumberous, dopy |