drowsy

English

Etymology

From drowse +‎ -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaʊzi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aʊzi

Adjective

drowsy (comparative drowsier, superlative drowsiest)

Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
Synonyms: lethargic, dozy
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
drowsy medicine
Boring.
- 1928, Historical Outlook
  The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book.
Dull; stupid. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

drowsiness

Translations

inclined to drowse

Arabic: نَعْسَان‎ (naʿsān)
Bulgarian: сънлив (bg) (sǎnliv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 想睡 (xiǎng shuì), 昏昏欲睡 (zh) (hūnhūnyùshuì), 睏 (zh), 困 (zh) (kùn)
Czech: ospalý (cs)
Dutch: slaperig (nl)
Esperanto: dormema
Finnish: unelias
French: ensommeillé (fr), somnolent (fr)
German: schläfrig (de)
Greek: νυσταγμένος (el) (nystagménos)
Irish: codlatach, suanmhar, néalmhar
Italian: insonnolito (it), assonnato (it)
Japanese: 眠い (ja) (ねむい, nemui), 眠たい (ねむたい, nemutai)
Latin: sopōrus, somniculōsus

Latvian: miegains
Maori: pōuruuru, hāmoemoe, hiamoe, hinamoe, harotu
Persian: خواب و بیدار، نیمه خواب‎
Polish: senny (pl), ospały (pl)
Portuguese: sonolento (pt), modorrento (pt)
Russian: со́нный (ru) (sónnyj), сонли́вый (ru) (sonlívyj), за́спанный (ru) (záspannyj)
Scottish Gaelic: suaineach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏спа̄н, са̀њив, дрѐмљив
Roman: pȍspān (sh), sànjiv (sh), drèmljiv (sh)
Spanish: adormecido (es), soñoliento (es) m, somnífero (es) m, soporífero (es) m, somnoliento (es) m
Swedish: dåsig (sv)
Westrobothnian: dörsk

disposing to sleep

Bulgarian: приспивателен (bg) (prispivatelen)
Czech: uspávající
Finnish: unettava, nukuttava (fi)
French: soporifique (fr)
German: einschläfernd (de)
Italian: soporifero (it)

Maori: harotu, pōuruuru
Russian: усыпля́ющий (ru) (usypljájuščij), снотво́рный (ru) (snotvórnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: suaineach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏спа̄н, дрѐмљив
Roman: pȍspān (sh), drèmljiv (sh)

boring

German: müde (de), langweilig (de), verschlafen (de) (village, town)
Portuguese: modorrento (pt)

Russian: ну́дный (ru) (núdnyj)

dull, stupid

French: stupide (fr)
German: dösig

Portuguese: modorrento (pt)
Russian: ну́дный (ru) (núdnyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} ceanntrom, ^{(please verify)} múisiamach