Meanings
noundrowsiness (usually uncountable, plural drowsinesses)
plural drowsinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being drowsy.
And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek νυσταγμός, ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ
- νυσταγμός (nustagmós)state of being drowsy
- ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgĭ́ā)state of being drowsy
Arabic نُعَاس, سِنَة
- نُعَاس (nuʕās)state of being drowsy
- سِنَة (sina)state of being drowsy
Bulgarian сънли́вост
- сънли́вост (sănlívost)state of being drowsy
Catalan somnolència, son
- somnolènciastate of being drowsy
- sonstate of being drowsy
Chinese Mandarin 睡意, 嗜睡
- 睡意 (shuìyì)state of being drowsy
- 嗜睡 (shìshuì)state of being drowsy
- 嗜睡症 (shìshuìzhèng)state of being drowsy
Czech ospalost
- ospaloststate of being drowsy
Dutch slaperigheid
- slaperigheidstate of being drowsy
Finnish uneliaisuus
- uneliaisuusstate of being drowsy
French somnolence, assoupissement
- somnolencestate of being drowsy
- assoupissementstate of being drowsy
- torpeurstate of being drowsy
German Schläfrigkeit
- Schläfrigkeitstate of being drowsy
Greek νύστα
- νύστα (nýsta)state of being drowsy
Hindi झूम
- झूम (jhūm)state of being drowsy
Hungarian álmosság, aluszékonyság
- álmosságstate of being drowsy
- aluszékonyságstate of being drowsy
Icelandic höfgi
- höfgistate of being drowsy
Irish codlatacht, marbhnéal
- codlatachtstate of being drowsy
- marbhnéalstate of being drowsy
- meathchodladhstate of being drowsy
- míogarnachstate of being drowsy
- múisiamstate of being drowsy
- múisiúntachtstate of being drowsy
- sáimhríochtstate of being drowsy
- sámhántachtstate of being drowsy
- scimstate of being drowsy
- suanmhaireachtstate of being drowsy
Italian sonnolenza, sopore
- sonnolenzastate of being drowsy
- soporestate of being drowsy
- letargiastate of being drowsy
- sopimentostate of being drowsy
- abbioccostate of being drowsy
Japanese 眠気, 眠け
- 眠気 (nemuke)state of being drowsy
- 眠け (nemuke)state of being drowsy
Korean 졸음
- 졸음 (joreum)state of being drowsy
Latin somnus, sopor
- somnusstate of being drowsy
- soporstate of being drowsy
- lēthargusstate of being drowsy
- somnolentiastate of being drowsy
- lēthargiastate of being drowsy
Latvian miegainums, miegainība
- miegainumsstate of being drowsy
- miegainībastate of being drowsy
Persian خوابآلودی
- خوابآلودی (xâb-âludi)state of being drowsy
Polish senność, ospałość
- sennośćstate of being drowsy
- ospałośćstate of being drowsy
- śpiączkastate of being drowsy
Portuguese sonolência, torpor
- sonolênciastate of being drowsy
- torporstate of being drowsy
Russian сонли́вость, спя́чка
- сонли́вость (sonlívostʹ)state of being drowsy
- спя́чка (spjáčka)state of being drowsy
- дремо́та (dremóta)state of being drowsy
Scottish Gaelic èislean
- èisleanstate of being drowsy
Slovak ospalosť
- ospalosťstate of being drowsy
Spanish soñolencia, somnolencia
- soñolenciastate of being drowsy
- somnolenciastate of being drowsy
- soporstate of being drowsy
- duermevelastate of being drowsy
- adormecimientostate of being drowsy
- modorrastate of being drowsy
Swedish sömnighet
- sömnighetstate of being drowsy
Tagalog antok
- antokstate of being drowsy
Tamil அசதி, தூக்கம்
- அசதி (acati)state of being drowsy
- தூக்கம் (tūkkam)state of being drowsy
- மயக்கம் (mayakkam)state of being drowsy
Thai ความง่วง
- ความง่วง (kwaam-ngûuang)state of being drowsy
Turkish bilinçsizlik, gaflet
- bilinçsizlikstate of being drowsy
- gafletstate of being drowsy
- rehavetstate of being drowsy
- uyuşuklukstate of being drowsy
Ukrainian сонли́вість, со́нність
- сонли́вість (sonlývistʹ)state of being drowsy
- со́нність (sónnistʹ)state of being drowsy
- сонно́та (sonnóta)state of being drowsy
- сонли́виці (sonlývyci)state of being drowsy
- оспа́лість (ospálistʹ)state of being drowsy
- сонни́ці (sonnýci)state of being drowsy
Urdu جھوم, غُنُودَگی
- جھوم (jhūm)state of being drowsy
- غُنُودَگی (ġunūdagī)state of being drowsy
Cite this entry
APA
drowsiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drowsiness
MLA
“drowsiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drowsiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drowsiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drowsiness.
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