Reverse Dictionary: DROWSY

DROWSE, DROWSINESS, DROWSY

ADJECTIVES
1552 — HEAVY-HEADED drowsy, sleepy
1625 — OSCITANT drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness → obs.
1631 — DORMITORY drowsy, sleepy; tending to or causing sleep → obs.
.M17 — PEEPING drowsy, sleepy → sl.
1656 — SOMNICULOUS drowsy, sleepy
1659 — DOZED drowsy, sleepy; stupefied
1729 — MUZZY drowsy, spiritless; confused, bewildered; mentally hazy; dazed and unfocused
1790 — DILVERED drowsy, exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue → Eng. dial.
1847 — PEEPY drowsy, sleepy → colloq.
1847 — ZWODDER drowsy and dull → Eng. dial.
1850 — COMATO-CRAPULOSE in a state of drowsiness and headache consequent on intoxication → humorous usage
1877 — SNOOZY drowsy, sleepy, slumberous
1897 — OORIN-KOORIN drowsy, nodding, half-asleep → Sc.
1898 — A-SLEEPIED drowsy, sleepy → Eng. dial.
1904 — SASSLE drowsy, sleepy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NAZLY drowsy-looking → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1971 — IN THE OZONE in a drowsy or dazed state, such a state induced by drugs or drink → Amer. sl.


ADVERBS
1866ADROWSE in a drowsy state


NOUNS
1564 DORMITATION drowsiness, sleeping, falling asleepobs.
1825
ZWODDER a drowsy, stupid state of body or mind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1874
SOG a drowsy or lethargic state; a sleep, doze, stuporEng. & Amer. dial.
1905
TAWM a fit of drowsiness → Sc. (Bk.)


VERBS
1430 DULL to drowse; to be inactive or sluggishobs.
1623
OSCITATE to yawn or gape from drowsiness → obs.
1877
BEDROWSE to make drowsy
1892
NEEB to nod from drowsiness → Sc.
1898
BLOINT to wink from the effects of drowsinessSc. (Bk.)
1900DODDLE to nod the head drowsily; to become sleepy or drowsy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)