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drows·y

(drou′zē)

adj. drows·i·er, drows·i·est

1. Dull with sleepiness; sluggish.

2. Produced or characterized by sleepiness.

3. Inducing sleepiness; soporific.

drows′i·ly adv.

drows′i·ness n.

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drowsy

(ˈdraʊzɪ)

adj, drowsier or drowsiest

1. (Physiology) heavy with sleepiness; sleepy

2. inducing sleep; soporific

3. sluggish or lethargic; dull

ˈdrowsily adv

ˈdrowsiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

drow•sy

(ˈdraʊ zi)

adj. -si•er, -si•est.

1. half-asleep; sleepy.

2. marked by or resulting from sleepiness.

3. dull; sluggish; listless.

4. inducing lethargy or sleepiness: drowsy spring weather.

[1520–30]

drow′si•ly, adv.

drow′si•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	drowsy - 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" dozy, drowsing asleep - in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"
	2.	drowsy - showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" oscitant, yawning inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"

drowsy

adjective

1. sleepy, tired, lethargic, heavy, nodding, dazed, dozy, comatose, dopey (slang), half asleep, somnolent, torpid He felt pleasantly drowsy.
sleepy alert, lively, awake, perky, full of beans (informal), bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

2. peaceful, quiet, sleepy, soothing, lulling, dreamy, restful, soporific The drowsy air hummed with bees.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

drowsy

adjective

Ready for or needing sleep:

dozy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous, slumbery, somnolent, soporific.

Translations

نَعْسَاننَعْسان، وَسْنان

ospalý

døsigtræt

schläfrig schlaftrunken

νυσταγμένος

adormecido somnoliento

nukuttavauneliasunettavauninen

somnolent soporifique stupide endormi

omamljen

syfjaîur

sonnolento assonnato

眠い

졸리는

mieguistaimieguistasmieguistumas

miegains

дремлющий сонливый сонный усыпляющий

sömnig

เซื่องซึม

uykulu

buồn ngủ

使人昏昏欲睡的倦睡的

drowsy

[ˈdraʊzɪ] ADJ (drowsier (compar) (drowsiest (superl)))

1. (= sleepy) [person] → adormilado, soñoliento, somnoliento (frm); [smile, look, voice] → soñoliento, somnoliento (frm)
"who?" he asked in a drowsy voice → -¿quién? -preguntó con voz soñoliento or con voz de sueño
to be or feel drowsy [person] → tener sueño or modorra, estar soñoliento or adormilado; (because of medication) → tener somnolencia
to become or grow drowsy → quedarse adormilado
she grew drowsy and was put to bed → se quedaba adormilada y la acostaron, se estaba quedando dormida y la acostaron
I became pleasantly drowsy → me empezó a entrar un sueñecito agradable
these tablets will make you drowsy → estas pastillas le producirán somnolencia

2. (= soporific) [afternoon, atmosphere] → soporífero; [countryside] → apacible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

drowsy

[ˈdraʊzi] adj (= sleepy) → somnolent(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

drowsy

adj (+er)

(= sleepy) person → schläfrig; (after sleep) → verschlafen; voice → verschlafen; to grow or become drowsy → schläfrig werden; to feel drowsy → sich schläfrig fühlen; she was still drowsy with sleep → sie war noch verschlafen

(= soporific) afternoon → träge; countryside → schläfrig; I spent a drowsy evening in front of the telly → ich habe den Abend vor dem Fernseher verdöst

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

drowsy

[ˈdraʊzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (sleepy, person, smile, look) → assonnato/a; (soporific, afternoon, atmosphere) → sonnolento/a
to feel drowsy → sentirsi insonnolito/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

drowsy

(ˈdrauzi) adjective

sleepy. drowsy children.

ˈdrowsily adverb

ˈdrowsiness noun

drowsy

→ نَعْسَان ospalý døsig schläfrig νυσταγμένος somnoliento uninen endormi omamljen sonnolento 眠い 졸리는 slaperig døsig senny sonolento дремлющий sömnig เซื่องซึม uykulu buồn ngủ 倦睡的

drowsy

adj (comp -sier; super -siest) somnoliento (form), que tiene sueño; to be — tener sueño

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It must always have been God's day on that low, drowsy island, Edna thought.

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Blessed are those drowsy ones: for they shall soon nod to sleep.--

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Then the youngest brother took his turn of guarding the windows, and to prevent his being overcome by sleep he placed a lot of thorns under his chin, so that if he felt drowsy and nodded his head, they would prick him and keep him awake.

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When I was at last by myself, a drowsy sensation fell on me; but before my eyes closed I endeavoured to reproduce the Third Dimension, and especially the process by which a Cube is constructed through the motion of a Square.

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Some vague period of drowsy laughter must be devoted to the consideration of this possibility.

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A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

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"It is a very drowsy day," I said to myself, idly turning over the leaves of the sketch-book to find a blank page.

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HIGH on a mountain of enamell'd head - Such as the drowsy shepherd on his bed Of giant pasturage lying at his ease, Raising his heavy eyelid, starts and sees With many a mutter'd "hope to be forgiven" What time the moon is quadrated in Heaven - Of rosy head, that towering far away Into the sunlit ether, caught the ray Of sunken suns at eve - at noon of night, While the moon danc'd with the fair stranger light - Uprear'd upon such height arose a pile Of gorgeous columns on th' unburthen'd air, Flashing from Parian marble that twin smile Far down upon the wave that sparkled there, And nursled the young mountain in its lair.

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