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drowsy
What does drowsy mean?
drowsy (adjective): half asleep.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use drowsy in a sentence?
- Made drowsy by the long ride. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce drowsy?
/ˈdɹaʊzi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does drowsy come from?
From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to drowsy
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “drowsy” mean?
half asleep
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not varying
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growing old
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disregarded
Not quite: that's what unheeded means.
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