That shuts the eyes or one eye intermittently or for an instant; blinking; †slumbering, sleepy; in Old English as noun = the blind.

Drowsy; inclined to slumber.

Sleepy, drowsy.

Inclined to sleep; having a difficulty in keeping awake; drowsy, somnolent.

‘Weighed down’ by sleep, weariness, or some physical depression or incapacity; hence, esp. weary from sleep, sleepy, drowsy.

Slumberous, sleepy; of the nature of slumber.

Of persons or animals: Sleepy. rare.

figurative. Oppressive, toilsome, weighty; (of people) weighed down, sluggish. Obsolete.

Inclined to slumber or sleep; unduly given to slumber; somnolent, lethargic.

Inclined to sleep, esp. at a time when one wishes, or ought, to be awake; heavy with sleepiness; half asleep, dozing.

Somewhat sleepy.

Of persons: Inclined to sleep; sleepy.

Marked or characterized by slumber; idle, indolent; drowsy.

Of persons: Inclined to sleep; heavy with sleep; drowsy. Also transferred.

Drowsy, sleepy; = heavy, adj.1 28.

drowsy-head n. a person of a sleepy or sluggish disposition; drowsy-headed, drowsy-flighted adjs.

Having narrow eyes; characterized by narrowing of the eyes. Also figurative.

= soporific, adj. 3.

Yawning; drowsy, sleepy; dull, indolent, negligent.

spec. Drowsy, sleepy. Now rare.

Of, belonging to, or relating to Morpheus; sleepy, drowsy; (also) soporific, sleep-inducing.

Sleepy.

Drowsy, sleepy.

Stupefied; drowsy, sleepy.

slang. Drowsy, nodding, sleepy. Cf. peepy, adj. Obsolete.

Drowsy, sleepy. Also (colloquial), (mentally) sluggish; stupid; lazy.

Drowsy, sleepy. Cf. peeping, adj.1 2.

Somnolent, sleepy.

Drowsy, sleepy.

Drowsily sleeping.

Engaged in nodding the head, esp. to express assent or with drowsiness; characterized by such nodding of the head.

Inclined to snore; sleepy, drowsy.

Of persons: Drowsy, sleepy, somnolent; = soporiferous, adj. 3.

Drowsy, sleepy; inert.

drowsy.

In predicative use: drowsy, drowsing.

Drowsy, sleepy, slumberous.

Slumberous, sleepy.