English Explanatory Dictionary

drowsy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
  2. Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
  3. Boring.
  4. Dull; stupid.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹaʊzi/ en-us-drowsy.ogg

Word forms

drowsy drowsier drowsiest

Etymology

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

Synonyms

lethargic dozy adrowse bedroomy dopey dragging one's tail drowsy eyelids at half-mast nodding off oscitant out of steam sleepbound sleepish sleepy slombry snoozy slumberful slumberous slumbersome slumbery somniculous somnolent somnolescent tired hypnotic dormitive hypnic somniferous somnific soporiferous soporific soporous stupefacient stupefactive tranquilizing vapid monotonous tedious banal basic beat blah bland boring cold colourless corny drab stuffy dreich dull dull as dishwater flat heavy going ho-hum humdrum insipid lackluster lame languid

Derived words

drowsihead drowsily drowsiness nondrowsy non-drowsy

Translations

Bulgarian: приспивателен Czech: uspávající Finnish: unettava Finnish: nukuttava French: soporifique German: einschläfernd Italian: soporifero Macedonian: дре́млив Māori: harotu Māori: pōuruuru Russian: усыпля́ющий Russian: снотво́рный Scottish Gaelic: suaineach Serbo-Croatian: по̏спа̄н Serbo-Croatian: дрѐмљив Serbo-Croatian: pȍspān Serbo-Croatian: drèmljiv Spanish: somnífero Spanish: soñoliento Spanish: soporífero
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