drowsy[adjective]Synonyms: sleepy, dopey
(slang), dozy, half asleep, heavy, lethargic, somnolent, tired, torpid
Contrasted words: alert, vigilant, watchful, active, dynamic, live, animated, lively, vivacious
Related Words: lackadaisical,
languid,
languorous
English Thesaurus: tired, exhausted, worn out, weary, fatigued, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest:
I was really tired the next day. the tired faces of the childrenexhausted extremely tired:
I was exhausted after the long trip home. He sat down, exhausted. She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard:
With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/
written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time:
weary travellers a weary sigh He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.fatigued formal very tired:
They were too fatigued to continue with the climb. Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone:
Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired:
I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early. I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.knackered British English,
pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired.
Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation:
By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired:
When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep:
I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.sleepy wanting to sleep very soon, so that your eyes start to close:
I’m feeling quite sleepy. I think I’ll go to bed. She rubbed her sleepy eyes.drowsy starting to sleep because you are in a warm place, have drunk too much alcohol, or have taken medicine:
The tablets can make you feel drowsy. She was beginning to feel a little drowsy after all the food and wine she had consumed.can’t keep your eyes open/can hardly keep your eyes open to feel so tired that you find it difficult to stay awake:
I’d better get some rest – I can’t keep my eyes open. He had been driving all night, and he could hardly keep his eyes open. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲