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What is the adjective for drowsy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb drowse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

drowsy
  1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
  2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
  3. Dull; stupid.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I may have gone, if not for him calling me when I was still drowsy and half-asleep.”
      “Flowers explode with color and tree trunks pulse with thick veins of sap in the drowsy heat of the mid-afternoon sun.”
      “Everything seems to billow, there are clouds of this and drifts of that, totally in harmony with the languor of a drowsy summer day.”
drowsier
  1. comparative form of drowsy: more drowsy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “As the time ticks by, you find yourself becoming heavier and drowsier, like you felt as a kid after one of those hundred-hour days on holiday by the seaside.”
      “It's a perfect 3am record: the melodies here are drowsier than on their debut, while Hope Sandoval's voice is entrancing.”
      “So the recommended dose has been lowered so that it couldn't possibly hurt a fly, but has only a slightly better chance than a placebo of making his buzzing drowsier.”
drowsiest
  1. superlative form of drowsy: most drowsy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The results of these new interventions may be quite lively, even to the dull ear of the drowsiest person.”
      “One of the drowsiest murder ballads I've ever heard, even the violinist sounds like he's taking a snooze in-between measures.”
drowsed
drowsing
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