Drowse

//dɹaʊz//

Synonyms for "drowse" (40 found)

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Translations

19 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • дрямка noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)

Finnish

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  • raukeus noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)
  • raukeus noun (state of dullness or inactivity, as if from sleepiness)
  • uneliaisuus noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)
  • kulkea puolinukuksissa verb ((transitive) to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily)

French

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  • somnolence noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)

Italian

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  • dormiente noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)

Macedonian

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  • дремеж noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)
  • дремка noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)

Māori

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  • hāmoemoetanga noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)

Russian

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  • дрёма noun (act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy)

Spanish

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  • amodorrar verb ((transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness)
  • amodorrecer (desus.) verb ((transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness)
  • modorrar verb ((transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Novv vvhen as vvine had drovvned and drouſed the underſtanding: vvhen the night ſeaſon, vvhen the entermingling of men and vvomen together one vvith another (and namely, they of young and tender yeeres, vvith thoſe of elder age) had cleane put out & extinguiſhed all reſpect and regard of ſhamefaſt honeſtie: there began firſt to be practiſed all ſorts of corruption, for every one had all pleaſures readie at commaundement, and his choiſe of thoſe vvhereto by nature he vvas more prone and given to luſt after.

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But novv the Fume of his aboundant Drink, / Drouzing his Brain, beginneth to deface / The ſvveet remembrance of her lovely Face: […]

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A few people were there, loitering away Sunday in their best clothes. The warmth drowsed them and replaced contentment.

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[T]he wary tadpole returned from exile, the bullfrog resumed his ancient song, the tranquil turtle sunned his back upon bank and log and drowsed his grateful life away as in the old sweet days of yore.

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