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drowsy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹaʊzi/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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.
2. Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
   • It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
   • drowsy medicine
3. Boring.
   • The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book. 1928, Historical Outlook:
4. Dull; stupid.
   • ... the hoofbeats of the mule made a sound as drowsy as a fly's buzz on a summer afternoon. 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:

Forms

Deriveds

drowsihead · drowsily · nondrowsy · drowsiness · non-drowsy

Synonyms

cold · vapid · oafish · bubbleheaded · uninteresting · basic · numbskulled · vacant · somnific · somniculous · prosaic · rockheaded · drab · Boeotian · dormitive · woolly-headed · dopey · half-witted · slombry · tired · soporific · fuzzy-minded · slumberful · knuckleheaded · mentally challenged · pudding-headed · sharp as a bowling ball · airheaded · ridiculous · wan · thick as mince · slow-witted · slumberous · lamebrained · goofy · no fun at parties · not the sharpest crayon in the box · monotonous · drowsy · snoozy · braindead · doltish · insipid · cretinous · chowderheaded · adrowse · nitwitted · vanilla · dumb as dirt · slow on the uptake · languid · vacant · bullet-headed · beetle-headed · peabrained · somnolent · dim-witted · out of steam · brainless · intellectually challenged · dumber than a rock · dull · uninformed · flea-brained · dim-headed · dumber than a box of rocks · obtuse · slumbersome · dunderheaded · hypnotic · blockheaded · thick as a brick · weaksauce · boneheaded · fatheaded · monosynaptic · dopey · lowbrow · soporific · unsmart · crackbrained · dense · boofheaded · dozy · stodgy · shit-for-brains · dull-headed · dumb as a doorknob · mindless · eyelids at half-mast · vapid · silly · drowsy · hypnotic · soft · stupid · inane · somnolescent · heavy going · hypnic · birdbrained · muttonheaded · dim-bulb · dented · stolid · simple · somnolent · somnolent · thick as a plank · tedious · dull · sleepbound · wooden-headed · drowsy · humdrum · tranquilizing · monotonous · sleepy · childish · plain · colourless · thick as a whale omelette · thick as pig shit · stupefactive · thick · lethargic · thick as two short planks · lunkheaded · pratty · wooden · dull-minded · stuffy · dozy · boring · pedantic · witless · beefheaded · foolish · soporiferous · snoozeworthy · blah · bland · ass-brained · thickheaded · pedestrian · dozy · cerebrally challenged · commonplace · daft · dragging one's tail · oscitant · lumpish · slumberous · straightforward · fuckwitted · dumb as a box of rocks · addlebrained · dreich · purblind · vacuous · quarter-witted · imbecilic · dim · lackluster · tedious · mundane · buffle-headed · dumb as a sack of hammers · fuzzy-headed · idiotic · stupefacient · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · smooth-brained · flat · sheep-headed · banal · insipid · wool-headed · lifeless · dumb · bedroomy · dull as dishwater · prosy · slow · hammer-headed · mindless · lame · thick-skulled · beat · chuckleheaded · dumb as an ox · unapprehensive · not the sharpest tool in the shed · static · dozy · soporous · corny · longsome · puerile · empty-headed · dull-witted · dumb as a bag of hammers · bee-brained · somniferous · sleepish · ignorant · thickwitted · feeble-minded · dumb as a post · woolly-minded · slumbery · unclever · thick as champ · ho-hum · beef-witted · mentally retarded · plodding · unintelligent · addlepated · retarded · nodding off · uncool · half-brained · moronic

Translations (94)

mi pōuruuru (inclined to drowse) · it assonnato (inclined to drowse) · fa خواب و بیدار، نیمه خواب (inclined to drowse) · sh по̏спа̄н (inclined to drowse) · fr stupide (dull, stupid) · sh drèmljiv (inclined to drowse) · sv dåsig (inclined to drowse) · es amodorrido (inclined to drowse) · ru сонли́вый (inclined to drowse) · mi harotu (inclined to drowse) · sh са̀њив (inclined to drowse) · es adormilado (inclined to drowse) · pt modorrento (boring) · de verschlafen (boring) · gd suaineach (disposing to sleep) · it insonnolito (inclined to drowse) · cmn 昏昏欲睡 (inclined to drowse) · fi unettava (disposing to sleep) · fi nukuttava (disposing to sleep) · am የሚጫጫን (inclined to drowse) · mi pōuruuru (disposing to sleep) · su lulungu (inclined to drowse) · cmn 想睡 (inclined to drowse) · de schläfrig (inclined to drowse) · pt sonolento (inclined to drowse) · ga sámh (inclined to drowse) · eo dormema (inclined to drowse) · fr soporifique (disposing to sleep) · la sopōrus (inclined to drowse) · es dormijoso (desus.) (inclined to drowse) · es adormitado (inclined to drowse) · mk дре́млив (disposing to sleep) · de einschläfernd (disposing to sleep) · sh pȍspān (disposing to sleep) · sh pȍspān (inclined to drowse) · ru за́спанный (inclined to drowse) · ota مخمور (inclined to drowse) · sh sànjiv (inclined to drowse) · es soñoliento (disposing to sleep) · ota طالغین (inclined to drowse) · ja 眠い (inclined to drowse) · de müde (boring) · sh дрѐмљив (disposing to sleep) · mi hiamoe (inclined to drowse) · el νυσταγμένος (inclined to drowse) · pl senny (inclined to drowse) · lt mieguistas (inclined to drowse) · de dösig (dull, stupid) · es somnífero (disposing to sleep) · es somnoliento (inclined to drowse) · gd suaineach (inclined to drowse) · ru ну́дный (dull, stupid) · cs uspávající (disposing to sleep) · nl slaperig (inclined to drowse) · mi harotu (disposing to sleep) · fr somnolent (inclined to drowse) · cy cysglyd (inclined to drowse) · bg сънлив (inclined to drowse) · ga codlatach (inclined to drowse) · mi hinamoe (inclined to drowse) · cmn 睏 /困 (inclined to drowse) · es soñoliento (inclined to drowse) · ru со́нный (inclined to drowse) · mi hāmoemoe (inclined to drowse) · it soporifero (disposing to sleep) · ru усыпля́ющий (disposing to sleep) · gl durmiñento (inclined to drowse) · sh drèmljiv (disposing to sleep) · ga suanmhar (inclined to drowse) · fr ensommeillé (inclined to drowse) · es aletargado (inclined to drowse) · ga néalmhar (inclined to drowse) · sh по̏спа̄н (disposing to sleep) · ru снотво́рный (disposing to sleep) · es amodorrado (inclined to drowse) · ru ну́дный (boring) · pl ospały (inclined to drowse) · pt modorrento (dull, stupid) · de langweilig (boring) · bg приспивателен (disposing to sleep) · la somnolentus (inclined to drowse) · pt modorrento (inclined to drowse) · es adormecido (inclined to drowse) · ca somnolent (inclined to drowse) · ja 眠たい (inclined to drowse) · la somniculōsus (inclined to drowse) · sh дрѐмљив (inclined to drowse) · lv miegains (inclined to drowse) · es soporífero (disposing to sleep) · cs ospalý (inclined to drowse) · ar نَعْسَان (inclined to drowse) · sq përgjumur (inclined to drowse) · mk со́нлив (inclined to drowse) · fi unelias (inclined to drowse)