drowsy
/ˈdraʊzi
/adjective (drowsier, drowsiest)
1Sleepy and lethargic; half asleep: the wine had made her drowsy...
- I may have gone if not for him calling me when I was still drowsy and half asleep.
- Valia got up, still drowsy and half asleep with her hand on her hip.
- She has to take powerful drugs to control the pain and the inflammation, which often make her drowsy and sleepy.
Synonyms
sleepy, half asleep, dozy, dozing, heavy, heavy-eyed, yawning, nodding, groggy, somnolent, ready for bed, hardly able to keep one's eyes open;
tired, weary, fatigued, exhausted;
lethargic, sluggish, torpid, lifeless, listless, languid, languorous, comatose, dazed, drugged
informal snoozy, dopey, yawny, dead beat, all in, done in, dog-tired
British informal knackered
literary slumberous
1.1Causing sleepiness: the drowsy heat of the meadows...
- Flowers explode with color, tree trunks pulse with thick veins of sap, stones appear almost like living cells in the drowsy heat of the mid-afternoon sun.
- The drowsy warmth of my room was beginning to take it's toll on me and I was soon sprawled on my bed asleep.
Synonyms
soporific, sleep-inducing, sleepy, somniferous, narcotic, sedative, calmative, tranquillizing;
lulling, soothing;
dreamy
rare somnific
1.2(Of a place) peaceful and quiet: a drowsy suburb called Surrey Hills...
- And today, as evidenced by the drowsy street outside, was the day of rest.
- Everything feels so warm and lovely, very much different from the drowsy atmosphere of the sea over at our place.
- Jem and Scout lived in Maycomb, Alabama, a drowsy, isolated town where everyone knew everyone.
Derivatives
drowsily
/ adverb ...- I toddled drowsily into the kitchen, rubbing the sleep from my eyes and feeling a whole lot better, to find Dolly sitting at the closed door, gazing forlornly out.
- You slip drowsily into your dressing gown and tiptoe quietly to the top of the stairs.
- Mr. Dickenson let me get up and I drowsily stumbled over to my bed on the ground.
Origin
Late 15th century: probably from the stem of Old English drūsian 'be languid or slow', of Germanic origin; related to dreary.