- drowsiness
- noun see drowsy
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
drowsiness
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drowsiness — drow si*ness, n. State of being drowsy. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drowsiness — index languor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
drowsiness — drowsy ► ADJECTIVE (drowsier, drowsiest) ▪ sleepy and lethargic. DERIVATIVES drowsily adverb drowsiness noun. ORIGIN probably from an Old English word meaning «be languid or slow»; related to DREARY(Cf. ↑dreary) … English terms dictionary
drowsiness — See drowsily. * * * … Universalium
drowsiness — noun State of being drowsy … Wiktionary
drowsiness — A state of impaired awareness associated with a desire or inclination to sleep … Medical dictionary
drowsiness — Synonyms and related words: acedia, apathy, boredom, doziness, dullness, enervation, ennui, fatigue, heaviness, hebetude, inanimation, indifference, jadedness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude,… … Moby Thesaurus
drowsiness — drow·si·ness || draÊŠzɪnɪs n. sleepiness, tiredness … English contemporary dictionary
drowsiness — drows·i·ness … English syllables
drowsiness — noun a very sleepy state (Freq. 1) sleepiness causes many driving accidents • Syn: ↑sleepiness, ↑somnolence • Ant: ↑wakefulness (for: ↑sleepiness) … Useful english dictionary
