Drowsiness Meaning in English

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التعريف

A feeling of being sleepy or wanting to fall asleep, often caused by tiredness, medication, or boredom.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Drowsiness' is mostly used in medical or formal contexts. It's not as strong as 'sleepiness' and often refers to a condition caused by medicine or illness. Common collocations: 'cause drowsiness', 'feeling of drowsiness', 'may cause drowsiness'. Not used for deep tiredness.

• Spanish: somnolencia
• Portuguese (BR): sonolência
• Portuguese (PT): sonolência
• Chinese (Simplified): 嗜睡 - 困倦
• Chinese (Traditional): 嗜睡 - 睏倦
• Hindi: नींद आना
• Arabic: النُعاس
• Bengali: অলসতা - ঘুমঘুমভাব
• Russian: сонливость
• Japanese: 眠気
• Vietnamese: cơn buồn ngủ
• Korean: 졸림
• Turkish: uyuşukluk - baş dönmesi (uykulu hâl)
• Urdu: غنودگی
• Indonesian: kantuk

جمل نموذجية

Some cold medicines can cause drowsiness.

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He felt drowsiness after lunch.

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The movie was so boring that drowsiness took over halfway through.

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A sudden wave of drowsiness hit me during the meeting.

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Drowsiness can make it hard to focus in class.

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If you experience drowsiness while driving, pull over safely.

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