Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
drowsiness
(drow¦si|ness)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdraʊzɪnɪs/
noun
[
mass noun
]
a feeling of being sleepy and lethargic; sleepiness:
this drug can cause drowsiness
Nearby Words
drought
drouth
Drouzhba
drove
1
drove
2
drove road
drown
drowned valley
drowse
drowsiness
drowsy
drub
drubbing
drudge
drudgery
drug
drug abuse
drug addict
drug baron