drowsy
adjective/ˈdraʊzi/
/ˈdraʊzi/
(comparative drowsier, superlative drowsiest)
- tired and wanting to sleep synonym sleepy
- The tablets may make you feel drowsy.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- He was drowsy with the heat.
- patients who are drowsy from the effects of their medication
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- making you feel relaxed and tired
- We lay in the sun all through the long, drowsy afternoon.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: probably from the stem of Old English drūsian ‘be languid or slow’, of Germanic origin; related to dreary.
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