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as in sleepy
desiring or needing sleep
the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class
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as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
listened to drowsy music while waiting in the dentist's office
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Recent Examples of drowsy
Usually, treatment plans start with non-drowsy, second-generation antihistamines such as cetirizine (Zyrtec), loratadine (Claritin), or fexofenadine (Allegra).
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Zia Sherrell,
Health,
7 Mar. 2026
People who have trouble sleeping may feel exhausted, drowsy and less awake.
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Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
Afternoons here are deliciously drowsy, spent dozing in the shade, gently parting calm sea water, or gliding past craggy rock formations in a little motor-boat.
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Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
Some of the consequences of owing your body sleep are readily apparent, like feeling drowsy, irritable, or brain-foggy, or catching seemingly every virus.
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Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2026
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Zia Sherrell,
Health,
7 Mar. 2026
People who have trouble sleeping may feel exhausted, drowsy and less awake.
—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
Afternoons here are deliciously drowsy, spent dozing in the shade, gently parting calm sea water, or gliding past craggy rock formations in a little motor-boat.
—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
Some of the consequences of owing your body sleep are readily apparent, like feeling drowsy, irritable, or brain-foggy, or catching seemingly every virus.
—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowsy
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Unlike much of the group stage, Sunday’s game was a sloppy, sleepy affair, with South Africa relying on some heroic play from its back line to keep the game even.
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The phone achieved download speeds of 463Mbps and upload speeds of 39Mbps in 5G testing in sleepy suburban areas.
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There’s something hypnotic and ritualistic in it, something that can become almost shamanic, almost therapeutic — like a sound bath.
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Instrumental rock music of the kind Horse Lords make—hypnotic, hyper-focused, complex—usually carries a whiff of manifesto, offering a map toward transcendence of some political, metaphysical, or pick-your-variety kind.
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An autopsy showed that the infant died from asphyxiation secondary to a co-sleeping/overlay event with an unsafe sleeping environment.
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That’s because when the body experiences physical stress, including losing weight quickly, more hairs can shift into a resting phase and fall out a few months later — typically two to three months after the event, Rossi explains.
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This is a condition where, due to stress or hormonal changes, the body puts the hair follicles into a resting phase.
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“Drowsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowsy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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