drowsy
pronunciation
How to pronounce drowsy in British English:
UK [ˈdraʊzi]
How to pronounce drowsy in American English:
US [ˈdraʊzi]
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- Adjective:
- half asleep
- showing lack of attention or boredom
Word Origin
- drowsy
- drowsy: [15] The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest. The word probably comes from a Germanic base *drūs-, which also produced drūsian, an Old English verb meaning ‘be slow and sleepy’ which did not survive into the Middle English period (modern English drowse [16] is a back-formation from drowsy). A variant of this base is the possible source of English dreary and drizzle.=> dream, drizzle
- drowsy (adj.)
- 1520s, probably ultimately from Old English drusan, drusian "sink," also "become languid, slow, or inactive" (related to dreosan "to fall"), from Proto-Germanic *drus- (see dreary). But there is no record of it in Middle English. Related: Drowsily; drowsiness.
Synonym
Example
- 1. It blocks adenosine , a chemical that makes you drowsy .
- 2. Do you feel dull and drowsy much of the day ?
- 3. He feels drowsy , dizzy and nauseated .
- 4. Work on it when you are in a drowsy state , when your conscious mind has slowed down .
- 5. Most people start to feel drowsy about 8 hours after they first wake up , which is usually around mid-afternoon .