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[ grog-ee ] / ˈgrɒg i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR groggy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, grog·gi·er, grog·gi·est.staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab. dazed and weakened, as from lack of sleep: Late nights always make me groggy the next morning. Archaic. drunk; intoxicated. Origin of groggyFirst recorded in 1760–70; grog + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR groggy2 sluggish, lethargic; woozy, dopey. SEE SYNONYMS FOR groggy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM groggygrog·gi·ly, adverbgrog·gi·ness, nounWords nearby groggyGroening, Grofé, grog, grogger, groggery, groggy, grogram, grogshop, groin, groining, grok Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for groggyThere, waiting trucks will drive the groggy rhinos into the middle of the delta. South Africa’s Great Rhino Airlift|Nina Strochlic|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST I stepped off the plane, caught that first groggy whiff of jet fuel and my body instantly registered where I was. How I’ll End the War: My First Week Back in Afghanistan|Nick Willard|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST As I start to make calls, groggy American colleagues walk into the newsroom. When a Bomb Goes Off in Afghanistan|Heidi Vogt|May 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST He claims that Dulles botched the negotiations because he was groggy from jet lag—a little understood concept then. Not Much New in Douglas Rushkoff’s Reading of the Future|Jacob Silverman|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Evan, pale and groggy, was being interviewed by a detective when I entered the room. Arnold Pardoned My Son’s Attacker|Bruce Henderson|May 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Here the groggy little man set up so loud a laugh that Captain Glew walked away, and the conversation came to an end. The Last Entry|William Clark Russell "He's groggy," he heard voices say, and then came the welcome splash of the sponge. Hope you will be able to read a word of the last, no joke writing by a bad lantern with a groggy hand and your glasses mislaid. Vailima Letters|Robert Louis Stevenson He was groggy, from time to time he felt the sponge's cold touch on his face or heard the voice of Tough McCarty in his ear. In the second place, the driver was drunk, and the horse was groggy, and the fiacre was in the last stage of dilapidation. In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for groggy
adjective -gier or -giest informaldazed or staggering, as from exhaustion, blows, or drunkenness faint or weak Derived forms of groggygroggily, adverbgrogginess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to groggytired, shaky, confused, befuddled, wobbly, dazed, woozy, unsteady, dopey, drunken, faint, hazy, punch-drunk, punchy, slaphappy, staggering, stupefied, weak, whirling, reeling |