Synonyms for drowse
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : drouz |
Phonetic Transcription : draÊŠz |
Top 10 synonyms for drowse Other synonyms for the word drowse
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- be sleepy
- become inattentive
- bunk
- burden
- catch
- catch a wink
- catch forty winks
- catnap
- cause ennui
- cloy
- compose oneself
- conk out
- cop some z's
- crash
- debilitate
- disgust
- distress
- divide
- doze
- doze off
- drain
- dream
- drift
- drift off
- droop
- drop off
- drowse
- ease off
- ease up
- enervate
- enfeeble
- expand
- fade
- fag
- fail
- fall asleep
- fall off
- fall out
- fatigue
- fatigue catch flies
- flag
- flop
- forty winks
- gap
- gape
- get some shut-eye
- give
- glut
- grab some z's
- grow tired
- harass
- have forty winks
- have had enough
- hibernate
- hit the hay
- hit the sack
- idle
- inactivity
- irk
- jade
- languish
- languor
- laze
- lean
- leave one cold
- let down
- let up
- lethargy
- lie by
- lie down
- lie still
- loaf
- loll
- lose interest
- lounge
- make discontented
- nap
- nauseate
- nod
- nod off
- oppress
- oversleep
- overwork
- pain
- part
- plague
- put feet up
- rack
- recline
- refresh oneself
- relax
- repose
- rest
- retire
- sack out
- sack time
- sap
- saw wood
- shut-eye
- sicken
- siesta
- sink
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- sleep
- sleep lightly
- slumber
- slump
- snooze
- snore
- spell
- spread
- strain
- stretch out
- stupor
- take a break
- take a nap
- take a siesta
- take a snooze
- take five
- take forty winks
- take it easy
- take it out of
- take life easy
- take ten
- take time out
- tax
- tire
- tire out
- torpor
- try the patience of
- tucker out
- turn in
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- vex
- weaken
- wear down
- wear out
- weigh
- wind down
- yaw
- yawn
- yawp
- zonk out
- zzz
Définition of drowse
Origin :- 1570s, probably a back-formation from drowsy. Old English had a similar word, but there is a 600-year gap. Related: Drowsed; drowsing.
- As in slumber : noun sleep
- As in doze : noun light sleep
- As in nap : verb take a short, light sleep
- As in nod : verb fall asleep
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in sleep : verb suspend consciousness
- As in snooze : verb sleep lightly
- As in weary : verb make tired
- As in yawn : verb open mouth wide, usually sign of
- As in siesta : verb nap
- As in doze : verb take a nap
- As in drop off : verb fall asleep
- And then jest as I was gettin' into a drowse, I heard the cat in the buttery, and I got up to let her out.
- Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
- Your days of hope are over, and you want to drowse by the fire.
- Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
- The landscape seemed to be in drowse, half-sleeping and half-waking.
- Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
- She was no sensualist, longing to drowse sleepily in the lap of luxury.
- Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
- Unceremoniously Stair Garland awaked Louis from his drowse in the cave's mouth.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- Dot's head was pillowed on his knee, and presently she began to drowse.
- Extract from : « The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Facing the chill blackness without the window, she tried to drowse off.
- Extract from : « Mountain » by Clement Wood
- She had not slept, either; it was from her first drowse that Adeline had wakened her.
- Extract from : « The Quality of Mercy » by W. D. Howells
- He dare not drowse, for he cannot tell at what moment the quarry may appear.
- Extract from : « Life in an Indian Outpost » by Gordon Casserly
- Do they come when you are just drowsing, or just waking from a drowse?
- Extract from : « Between The Dark And The Daylight » by William Dean Howells
Antonyms for drowse
- activate
- activity
- aid
- assist
- awake
- awaken
- awakening
- be active
- calm
- carry out
- close
- collect
- comfort
- conceal
- connect
- consciousness
- cure
- do
- encourage
- energize
- energy
- enliven
- excite
- gather
- go up
- grow
- help
- hold
- increase
- invigorate
- join
- keep
- make happy
- mend
- move
- please
- receive
- refresh
- rise
- soothe
- stand
- strengthen
- take away
- wake
- wake up
- wakefulness
- waken
- walk
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