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Synonyms & Antonyms of drowsy
1
desiring or needing sleep
- the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class
Synonyms for drowsy
- dozy,
- sleepy,
- slumberous
- (or slumbrous),
- somnolent
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2
tending to cause sleep
- listened to drowsy music while waiting in the dentist's office
Synonyms for drowsy
- hypnotic,
- narcotic,
- opiate,
- sleepy,
- slumberous
- (or slumbrous),
- somniferous,
- somnolent,
- soporific
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The first known use of drowsy was in 1530
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