ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsDdrowsy
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drowsy
Meaning: sleepy and not fully alert
drowsy in a sentence
How drowsy is used in real sentences:
The warm car ride made the children drowsy.
The kitten became drowsy after playing with its toy for an hour.
“A drowsy young seal rested on a bank and barely lifted its head.”
— from the passage The Returning Shore
Synonyms for drowsy
Other words for drowsy — sleepy, dozy and groggy — carry the same meaning.
- sleepy
- dozy
- groggy
Antonyms of drowsy
Words that mean the opposite of drowsy:
- alert
- energetic
Where it comes from
From Old English drūsian 'to become sluggish'
Memory hook
Drowsy sounds like dozy, and both mean sleepy.