drowsiness
US/ˈdɹæʊːzinəs/
drowsiness noun: the state of being drowsy.
Noun
drowsiness (usually uncountable, plural drowsinesses)
- The state of being drowsy.
- And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017
drowsiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
drowsiness in Hindi
- state of being drowsy
- झूम jhūm
drowsiness in Tamil
- state of being drowsy
- அசதி acati, தூக்கம் tūkkam, மயக்கம் mayakkam
drowsiness in Urdu
- state of being drowsy
- جھوم jhūm, غُنُودَگی ġunūdagī
drowsiness in Telugu
- state of being drowsy
- మైకము maikamu
More languagesFewer languages
- drowsiness in Malayalam
- മയക്കം mayakkaṁ
- drowsiness in Kannada
- ತೂಂಕಡಿಕೆ, ತೂಕಡಿಕೆ, ತೂಗಡಿಕೆ, ತೂಂಕಡು
- drowsiness in Punjabi
- ਝੋਕ jhok
- drowsiness in Gujarati
- ઘેન ghěn
- drowsiness in Sanskrit
- स्वप्न svápna
- drowsiness in Tagalog
- antok
- drowsiness in Arabic
- نُعَاس nuʕās, سِنَة sina
- drowsiness in Persian
- خوابآلودی xâb-âludi
- drowsiness in Thai
- ความง่วง kwaam-ngûuang
Forms of drowsiness
| plural | drowsinesses |
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Origin of drowsiness
From drowsy + -ness.
Questions about drowsiness
- What does drowsiness mean?
- Drowsiness means the state of being drowsy.
- What is drowsiness in Hindi?
- Drowsiness in Hindi is झूम (jhūm). See Drowsiness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is drowsiness?
- Drowsiness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce drowsiness?
- Drowsiness is pronounced /ˈdɹæʊːzinəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of drowsiness?
- The plural of drowsiness is drowsinesses.
Words near drowsiness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drowsiness (page history and authors); മയക്കം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); drowsiness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਝੋਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઘેન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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