groggy

[ grog-ee ]

/ ˈgrɒg i /

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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 groggy

First recorded in 1760–70; grog + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR groggy

2 sluggish, lethargic; woozy, dopey.

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OTHER WORDS FROM groggy

grog·gi·ly, adverb grog·gi·ness, noun

Words nearby groggy

groening, grofé, grog, grogger, groggery, groggy, grogram, grogshop, groin, groining, grok

Example sentences from the Web for groggy

There, waiting trucks will drive the groggy rhinos into the middle of the delta.

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I stepped off the plane, caught that first groggy whiff of jet fuel and my body instantly registered where I was.

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As I start to make calls, groggy American colleagues walk into the newsroom.

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He claims that Dulles botched the negotiations because he was groggy from jet lag—a little understood concept then.

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Evan, pale and groggy, was being interviewed by a detective when I entered the room.

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Here the groggy little man set up so loud a laugh that Captain Glew walked away, and the conversation came to an end.

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"He's groggy," he heard voices say, and then came the welcome splash of the sponge.

The Varmint |Owen Johnson
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.

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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.

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In the second place, the driver was drunk, and the horse was groggy, and the fiacre was in the last stage of dilapidation.

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British Dictionary definitions for groggy

groggy

/ (ˈɡrɒɡɪ) /

adjective -gier or -giest informal

dazed or staggering, as from exhaustion, blows, or drunkenness

faint or weak

Derived forms of groggy

groggily, adverb grogginess, noun

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groggy

adjective, grog·gi·er, grog·gi·est.

Origin of groggy

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British Dictionary definitions for groggy

adjective -gier or -giest informal

Derived forms of groggy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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groggy

adjective, grog·gi·er, grog·gi·est.

Origin of groggy

SYNONYMS FOR groggy

OTHER WORDS FROM groggy

Words nearby groggy

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adjective -gier or -giest informal

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