drowsy

  • 21drowsy —   Maka hiamoe, kulu, kulu hiamoe.   Also: mania, ho omania, malohi, ho omalohi, maniawai, heha, kāwai, molohai, niolo, mōlelehu, olelehu, nipo, ho oluluhi, ōheahea, kuli hiamoe. Wai pi o is drowsy in the mist (saying), heha Wai pi o i ka noe …

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  • 22drowsy — Synonyms and related words: anesthetized, appeasing, calming, cataleptic, comatose, cradling, doped, dozy, dreamy, drugged, drugged with sleep, gentling, groggy, half asleep, heavy, heavy with sleep, heavy eyed, hushing, in a stupor,… …

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  • 23drowsy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleepy, somnolent; lazy, languid. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sleepy] Syn. slumberous, dozing, somnolent; see tired . 2. [Lethargic] Syn. sluggish, languid, indolent; see lazy 1 . See… …

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  • 24drowsy — drow·sy || draÊŠzɪ adj. sleepy, tired; restful, soporific …

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  • 25drowsy — adjective (drowsier, drowsiest) sleepy and lethargic. Derivatives drowsily adverb drowsiness noun Origin C15: prob. from the stem of OE drūsian be languid or slow , of Gmc origin; related to dreary …

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  • 26drowsy — a. 1. Sleepy, dozy. 2. Lethargic, comatose, stupid. 3. Soporific, lulling …

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  • 27drowsy — adj 1. groggy, sleepy, half asleep, somnolent, slumberous, slumbery; dozy, nodding, dozing, heavy eyed, yawning, oscitant. 2. sluggish, torpid, lethargic, listless; otiose, lazy, slow, lackadaisical, indolent; dull, drugged, dazed, Inf. dopey;… …

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  • 28drowsy — [ˈdraʊzi] adj feeling that you want to sleep drowsily adv …

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  • 29drowsy — /ˈdraʊzi / (say drowzee) adjective (drowsier, drowsiest) 1. inclined to sleep; half asleep. 2. marked by or resulting from sleepiness. 3. dull; sluggish. 4. inducing sleepiness. {drows(e) + y1} –drowsily, adverb –drowsiness, noun …

  • 30drowsy — adj. (drowsier, drowsiest) 1 half asleep; dozing. 2 soporific; lulling. 3 sluggish. Derivatives: drowsily adv. drowsiness n. Etymology: prob. rel. to OE drusian be languid or slow, dreosan fall: cf. DREARY …

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