drowsy
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drowsy
- /ˈdɹaʊzi/
Rhymes with -aʊzi
Where it comes from
From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).
adjective drowsier · drowsiest
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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.
Similar: lethargic, dozy, adrowse, bedroomy, dopey, dragging one's tail, drowsy, eyelids at half-mast, nodding off, oscitant, out of steam, sleepbound
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Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
Similar: hypnotic, somnolent, dormitive, hypnic, slumberous, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, soporific, soporous, stupefacient, stupefactive
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Boring.
The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book.
Similar: monotonous, tedious, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, boring, cold, colourless
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Dull; stupid.
... the hoofbeats of the mule made a sound as drowsy as a fly's buzz on a summer afternoon.
Similar: dozy, vacant, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
Translations
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adj disposing to sleep
| Español | somnífero, soñoliento, soporífero |
|---|---|
| Français | soporifique |
| Deutsch | einschläfernd |
| Italiano | soporifero |
| Русский | усыпля́ющий usypljájuščij, снотво́рный snotvórnyj |
adj inclined to drowse
| Español | adormecido, soñoliento, somnoliento, dormijoso (desus.), adormilado, adormitado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 眠い nemui, 眠たい nemutai |
| 中文 | 想睡 xiǎng shuì, 昏昏欲睡 hūnhūnyùshuì, 睏 /困 kùn |
| हिन्दी | निंदासा nindāsā |
| Português | sonolento, modorrento |
| Français | ensommeillé, somnolent |
| Deutsch | schläfrig |
| Italiano | insonnolito, assonnato |
| Ελληνικά | νυσταγμένος nystagménos |
| Русский | со́нный sónnyj, сонли́вый sonlívyj, за́спанный záspannyj |
| العربية | نَعْسَان naʕsān |
adj boring
| Português | modorrento |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | müde, langweilig, verschlafen |
| Русский | ну́дный núdnyj |
adj dull, stupid
| Português | modorrento |
|---|---|
| Français | stupide |
| Deutsch | dösig |
| Русский | ну́дный núdnyj |
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title = {drowsy},
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