drowsy
adjective, drow·si·er, drow·si·est.
Origin of drowsy
Synonyms for drowsy
Related Words for drowsy
lethargic, dazed, comatose, dreamy, drugged, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, restful, sluggish, somnolent, soothing, soporific, tired, torpid, nodding, slumberous, dopyExamples from the Web for drowsy
Contemporary Examples of drowsy
Casablancas speaks in a drowsy mumble and occasionally needs prodding, but once you do, becomes surprisingly engaged.
Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On the Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting OverMarlow Stern
October 9, 2014
There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Barely 20 years ago, Brazil was a drowsy, underperfoming Third World nation, plagued by hyperinflation and boom-and-bust growth.
Historical Examples of drowsy
I have not been in bed all night; nor am I in the least drowsy.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
"I'm depending upon you for the bread," he said to the drowsy man in the hammock.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
She was talking to me in this way one drowsy August afternoon.
The HarborErnest Poole
But try as he would he could not get drowsy, on the contrary he felt wide awake and animated.
Master and ManLeo Tolstoy
The mate, who by this time was drowsy, did as desired, and in a moment the Arab was at liberty.
Homeward BoundJames Fenimore Cooper