drowsiness

Noun
US[drou-zee-nuhs]/ˈdraʊzinəs/3 syllables
Synonyms: sleepinesssomnolence

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a very sleepy state“sleepiness causes many driving accidents”Synonyms: sleepinesssomnolenceOpposite sleeplessnessType of temporary stateKinds oscitancy, oscitance

Related words sleepy adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

drow′si·ness noun

State of being drowsy. John Milton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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