drowsy

Adjective
Synonyms: drowsing(a)dozyoscitantyawning(a)

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  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”Synonyms: drowsing(a)dozy
  2. showing lack of attention or boredom“the yawning congregation”Synonyms: oscitantyawning(a)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Drowsy \Drow"sy\, a. [Compar. Drowsier; superl. Drowsiest.]

1.Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea.— Lowell.[1913 Webster]

2.Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. [1913 Webster]

The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

3.Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." --Atterbury.

Syn: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid. [1913 Webster]

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