drowsy
/ˈdɹaʊzi/
drowsy adjective: inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness.
Adjective
drowsy (comparative drowsier, superlative drowsiest)
- Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
- I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
- Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
- It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
- drowsy medicine
- Synonyms:
- hypnotic, somnolent, dormitive, hypnic, slumberous, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, soporific, soporous
- Boring.
- The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book.1928, Historical Outlook
- Synonyms:
- monotonous, tedious, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring
- Dull; stupid.
- ... the hoofbeats of the mule made a sound as drowsy as a fly's buzz on a summer afternoon.1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1
- Synonyms:
- dozy, vacant, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed
drowsy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
drowsy in Hindi
- drowsy; sleepy; dozing
- स्वप्निल svapnil
drowsy in Tamil
- அரையுறக்கமான, கண்ணயர்வான, அரைத்தூக்க நிலை, மந்த நிலை
drowsy in Urdu
- drowsy
- غنودہ ġunūda
drowsy in Malayalam
- നിദ്രാലസമായ, ബുദ്ധിമാന്ദ്യമുളള, പതുക്കെപോകുന്ന, ഉറക്കം തൂങ്ങുക
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- drowsy in Arabic
- نَعْسَان naʕsān
- drowsy in Persian
- خواب و بیدار، نیمه خواب
Examples of drowsy in a sentence
- There was Olive, a soft drowsy girl who didn't like me because I called her Olive Oyl.
- He cleared his throat and began the tale of the planetless boy, and Kate listened, drowsy, drifting.
- Instead of getting drowsier she was getting more awake—with an odd night-time, dreamish kind of wakefulness.
Synonyms of drowsy
- lethargic
- dozy
- adrowse
- bedroomy
- dopey
- dragging one's tail
- eyelids at half-mast
- nodding off
- oscitant
- out of steam
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Forms of drowsy
| comparative | drowsier |
|---|---|
| superlative | drowsiest |
Origin of drowsy
From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).
Words formed from drowsy
Words that rhyme with drowsy
Questions about drowsy
- What does drowsy mean?
- Drowsy means inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness.
- What is drowsy in Hindi?
- Drowsy in Hindi is स्वप्निल (svapnil). See Drowsy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is drowsy?
- Drowsy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce drowsy?
- Drowsy is pronounced /ˈdɹaʊzi/.
Words near drowsy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: drowsy (page history and authors); स्वप्निल (Hindi) (page history and authors); drowsy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); غنودہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); drowsy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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