drowsing

Meanings

• Noun

  The state of being sleepy and hard to rouse or arouse from sleep.

  - "After a long night of partying, John found himself in a state of drowsing."
  - "The baby was in a deep state of drowsing and hardly responded to her mother's calls."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with drowsing
dozing , snoozing , drowsy , osing

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. drowsing (en) : The state of being sleepy and hard to rouse or arouse from sleep.
   

2. drowsing (en) : A process of cleaning and maintaining textiles by immersing them in a bath of detergent and water.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of drowsing that leads to same result
drowse , drowsed , drowses , drowsing

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Etymology

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From the Old English 'drēosan' meaning 'to be heavy or sluggish'.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the longest recorded sleep was by a man named Randy Gardner, who slept for 26 hours straight in 1964?

2. The opposite of drowsing is being wide awake or alert.

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Related Concepts

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1. Sleep: A natural physiological state characterized by reduced consciousness and inhibition of motor activity.

2. Fatigue: A feeling of weariness, tiredness, or lack of energy.

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Culture

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In literature, drowsing is often used to describe a character's state of lethargy or sleepiness, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' where the narrator is described as being in a 'dreamy reverie' or 'drowsy slumber'.

How to Memorize "drowsing"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person sitting in a cozy chair, their eyes heavy and their head nodding. Visualize yourself in a similar situation, feeling the weight of your eyelids and the warmth of the chair beneath you.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'drowsing' with the feeling of being tired and sleepy. Think about how it feels to be in a state of drowsiness and use that feeling to help you remember the word.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Drowsing is the state of being Deeply Relaxed and Overwhelmingly Sleepy'.

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