Definitions for drowsy
ˈdraʊ zidrowsy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drowsy, drowsing(a), dozyadjective

   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"

2. drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)adjective

   showing lack of attention or boredom

   "the yawning congregation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. drowsyadjective

   Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.

   I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.

2. drowsyadjective

   Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

   It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.

3. drowsyadjective

   Dull; stupid.

4. Etymology: Probably from or akin to drusian.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drowsyadjective

   Etymology: from drowse.

   1. Sleepy; heavy with sleep; lethargick.

   Drowsy am I, and yet can rarely sleep. Philip Sidney.

   Men drowsy, and desirous to sleep, or before the fit of an ague, do use to yawn and stretch. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The flowers, call’d out of their beds,
   Start and raise up their drowsy heads. John Cleveland.

   Drunken at last, and drowsy they depart,
   Each to his house. Dryden.

   2. Heavy; lulling; causing sleep.

   Sir Guyon, mindful of his vows yplight,
   Up rose from drowsy couch. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. 3.

   While thus she rested, on her arm reclin’d,
   The hoary willows waving with the wind,
   And feather’d quires that warbled in the shade,
   And purling streams that through the meadow stray’d,
   In drowsy murmurs lull’d the gentle maid. Addison.

   3. Stupid; dull.

   Those inadvertencies, a body would think, even our author, with all his drowsy reasoning, could never have been capable of. Francis Atterbury.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drowsy

   inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy

2. Drowsy

   disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific

3. Drowsy

   dull; stupid

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drowsy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drowsy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of drowsy in a Sentence

1. Sir Thomas More:

   A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

2. Daniel Blower:

   It's clearly a significant problem and it's rampant, it has always been a problem, but my hunch is that (drowsy driving) has probably increased.

3. Nadine Kaslow:

   While a pill might seem easier in the moment, it doesn't help you improve the situation overall, and there are side effects to many of these medications -- like a drowsy hangover or having a hard time getting up.

4. Daniel Blower:

   It has always been a problem, but my hunch is that (drowsy driving) has probably increased.

5. William Shakespeare:

   Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

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