English noun: grogginess | |||
1. | grogginess (state) a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness | ||
2. | grogginess (state) a groggy state resulting from weariness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fatigue, tiredness, weariness | ||
3. | grogginess (cognition) marginal consciousness | ||
Samples | His grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows. Someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor. | ||
Synonyms | semiconsciousness, stupefaction, stupor | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unconsciousness | ||