drowsy

Meaning

  1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
  2. Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
  3. Boring.
  4. Dull; stupid.

Synonyms

sleepy
C1
😪
somnolent
slumberous
dozy
39k
soporific
lethargic
40k
tired
A2
😫
oscitant
sluggish
27k
sleep
A1
😴
slumbrous
dull
B2
yawning
C2
doze
29k
drowsing
sleeping
A2
😴

heavy-eyed

poppied
put to sleep
restful
30k
sedative
C2
sleepyhead
27k
somnolently
soporiferous
startle
C2

be inactive

half asleep

be sluggish

heavy-headed

be dull

half-asleep
slow-moving
banjaxed
somnolescent
apathetic
38k
sleepbound
asleep
B1
balmy
34k
befuddled
dazed
23k
dormant
C2
dozed
22k
groggy
27k
heavy
B1
indolent
inert
31k
languid
listless
42k
lulling
nodding
21k
Translations

somnolent
schläfrig
😪
slaperig
😪
sonolento
😪
soñoliento
😪
assonnato
😪
adormecido
😪
uykulu
😪
druilerig
نعسان
😪
schlaftrunken
ensommeillé
😴

νυσταγμένος

Frequency

26k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹaʊzi/
Etymology

From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).

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