Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drowsy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drowsy \Drow"sy\, a. [Compar. {Drowsier}; superl. {Drowsiest}.]
1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic;
dozy. ``When I am drowsy.'' --Shak.
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.'' --Atterbury.
Syn: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull
heavy; stupid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {dozing(a)}, {napping(a)}, {nodding(a)}]
2: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning
congregation" [syn: {oscitant}, {yawning(a)}]
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