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Drow·sy a. [Compar. Drowsier superl. Drowsiest.]
1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. “When I am drowsy.”
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak.
To our age's drowsy blood
Still shouts the inspiring sea. --Lowell.
2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. --Tennyson.
3. Dull; stupid. “ Drowsy reasoning.”
Syn: -- Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.
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drowsy
adj 1: 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" [syn: drowsing(a),
dozy]
2: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning
congregation" [syn: oscitant, yawning(a)]
[also: drowsiest, drowsier]