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grogginess
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grogginess has 3 senses
- grogginess(n = noun.state) Array - a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol; Array is a kind of drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness
- grogginess(n = noun.state) Array - a groggy state resulting from weariness; Array is a kind of fatigue, tiredness, weariness
- grogginess(n = noun.cognition) semiconsciousness, stupefaction, stupor - marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" is a kind of unconsciousness
Derived form adjective groggy1
Derived form adjective groggy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
grogginess, n.
- State of being groggy. [1913 Webster]
- Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner. [1913 Webster]
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