drowsy
/'drauzi/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling sleepy or half-asleep: In a state between being awake and asleep, often characterized by heavy eyelids and a desire to sleep.
- Causing sleepiness: Having a quality that induces or promotes a sleepy, relaxed state.
Usage
- Describing a person's state: Used to describe someone who is struggling to stay awake.
- The warm room and the boring lecture made him feel drowsy.
- She became drowsy after taking the medicine.
- Describing an atmosphere or effect: Used to describe something that creates a sleepy feeling.
- The drowsy hum of the bees filled the summer afternoon.
Advanced Usage
- "drowsy with": Overcome by sleepiness due to a specific cause.
- He was drowsy with the heat and the rich food.
- Literary/Descriptive Use: Often used in literature to evoke a peaceful, sleepy, or lethargic mood.
- The drowsy town seemed to move in slow motion under the midday sun.
Variants and Related Words
- Drowse (verb): To be in a light sleep or to feel sleepy.
- He drowsed in his armchair.
- Drowsily (adverb): In a sleepy manner.
- She answered drowsily, barely opening her eyes.
- Drowsiness (noun): The state of feeling sleepy.
- A common side effect of the drug is drowsiness.
Synonyms
- Sleepy: Ready for or needing sleep.
- Somnolent: Formal term for sleepy or inducing sleep.
- Lethargic: Sluggish and lacking energy.
- Dozy: Informal, slightly sleepy or inattentive.
Antonyms
- Alert: Fully awake and attentive.
- Energetic: Showing or involving great activity or vitality.
- Wakeful: Unable to sleep; sleepless.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Drowsy as a dormouse": Extremely sleepy (a simile often found in literature).
- After the long journey, the children were as drowsy as dormice.
Adjective
- showing lack of attention or boredom
- the yawning congregation
- half asleep
- made drowsy by the long ride
- it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor
- a tired dozy child
- the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair