groggy

English

Etymology

grog +‎ -y

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɒ.ɡi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɡi

Adjective

groggy (comparative groggier, superlative groggiest)

Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
The medicine made him groggy and irritable.
Of a horse: bearing wholly on its heels when trotting.

Descendants

→ Czech: grogy / groggy
→ French: groggy
→ Spanish: grogui

Translations

Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.

Bulgarian: замаян (bg) (zamajan), олюляващ се (oljuljavašt se)
Finnish: tokkurainen, sekava (fi)
French: étourdi (fr)
German: benommen (de), mitgenommen (de)
Hungarian: kábult (hu), kába (hu)

Persian: مست تلو تلو خوردن سست‎ (sost mast)
Portuguese: grogue (pt)
Russian: затормо́женный (ru) (zatormóžennyj), обалде́лый (ru) (obaldélyj), одуре́лый (ru) (odurélyj)
Spanish: grogui (es), atontado (es)

Further reading

groggy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Adjective

groggy

Alternative form of grogy

Further reading

groggy in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
groggy in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English groggy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔ.ɡi/

Adjective

groggy (invariable)

groggy

Further reading

“groggy” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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