drowsy (ˈdraʊzɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: drowsier, drowsiest
- heavy with sleepiness; sleepy
- inducing sleep; soporific
- sluggish or lethargic; dull
Alternative Forms
ˈdrowsily adverb ˈdrowsiness nounTranslations
- British English:
drowsy
If you are drowsy, you feel sleepy and cannot think clearly.He felt pleasantly drowsy.ˈdraʊzɪ ADJECTIVE He felt pleasantly drowsy.
- Spanish:
somnoliento
adj somnolienta
- French:
endormi
adj
- German:
schläfrig
adj
- Chinese: 倦睡的 adj
- Arabic: نَعْسَان adj
- Portuguese: sonolento adj sonolenta
- Russian: дремлющий adj дремлющая
- Croatian: omamljen adj omamljena
- Czech: ospalý adj
- Danish: døsig adj
- Dutch: slaperig adj
- Finnish: uninen adj
- Greek: νυσταγμένος adj νυσταγμένη
- Italian: sonnolento adj sonnolenta
- Japanese: 眠い adj
- Korean: 졸리는 adj
- Norwegian: døsig adj
- Polish: senny adj senna
- Brazilian Portuguese: sonolento adj sonolenta
- European Spanish:
somnoliento
adj somnolienta
- Swedish: sömnig adj sömnigt
- Thai: เซื่องซึม adj
- Turkish: uykulu adj
- Vietnamese: buồn ngủ adj
Usage examples
The food had drawn her blood away from her brain, and she was suddenly overwhelmingly drowsy.
, A Plague of Angels (1993)Shortly after the rash developed, she became acutely unwell, hypotensive, and drowsy.
British Medical Journal (2002)He was taking medication and felt drowsy a lot of the time and found it hard to stay focused.
Irish Times (2002)On a warm summer's day, Woodfall Garden has an almost tangible atmosphere of calm, inducing a drowsy sense of wellbeing.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In the drowsy stillness my son Daniel played around us on the lawn.
, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE: A Memoir (2005)