Crossword clues for drowsiest
drowsiest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drowsy \Drow"sy\, a. [Compar. Drowsier; superl. Drowsiest.]
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Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. ``When I am drowsy.''
--Shak.Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.
--Shak.To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea.
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Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good.
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Dull; stupid. `` Drowsy reasoning.''
--Atterbury.Syn: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: drowsy)
WordNet
adj. half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: drowsing(a), dozy]
showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" [syn: oscitant, yawning(a)]
See drowsy
Usage examples of "drowsiest".
Plenty of life there, though this is the drowsiest time of the year, just before hay-harvest.
It was the drowsiest of murmurs, but few things have been so welcome to me in all my life.
The six young guards, none of whom had even seen or heard a shot fired in anger, were at their drowsiest and expecting nothing but their midnight reliefs.