Definitions for drowsy

drowsy drow·sy

Spelling: [drou-zee]
IPA: /ˈdraʊ zi/

Drowsy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in drowsy (dorswy).

Definitions for drowsy

adjective

  1. half-asleep; sleepy.
  2. marked by or resulting from sleepiness.
  3. dull; sluggish.
  4. inducing lethargy or sleepiness:

Origin of drowsy

First recorded in 1520-30; drowse + -y1

Examples for drowsy

The pilgrims reach the Enchanted Ground and are drowsy and tired.

But try as he would he could not get drowsy, on the contrary he felt wide awake and animated.

The mate, who by this time was drowsy, did as desired, and in a moment the Arab was at liberty.

Barely 20 years ago, Brazil was a drowsy, underperfoming Third World nation, plagued by hyperinflation and boom-and-bust growth.

"I'm depending upon you for the bread," he said to the drowsy man in the hammock.

I have not been in bed all night; nor am I in the least drowsy.

Casablancas speaks in a drowsy mumble and occasionally needs prodding, but once you do, becomes surprisingly engaged.

There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.

She was talking to me in this way one drowsy August afternoon.

He drank it and began to feel much happier, drowsy too, and contented.

Word Value for drowsy
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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