drowsy
adjective
[ ˈdraʊzi ]
• sleepy and lethargic; half asleep.
• "the wine had made her drowsy"
Similar:
sleepy,
half asleep,
dozy,
dozing,
heavy,
heavy-eyed,
yawning,
nodding,
groggy,
somnolent,
ready for bed,
tired,
weary,
fatigued,
exhausted,
lethargic,
sluggish,
torpid,
lifeless,
listless,
languid,
languorous,
comatose,
dazed,
drugged,
snoozy,
dopey,
yawny,
dead beat,
all in,
done in,
dog-tired,
knackered,
slumberous,
Origin:
late 15th century: probably from the stem of Old English drūsian ‘be languid or slow’, of Germanic origin; related to dreary.
