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Definition of Groggy
1. Adjective. Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
Similar to: Lethargic, Unenrgetic
Derivative terms: Grogginess, Grogginess, Loginess, Stupor
Definition of Groggy
1. a. Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
Definition of Groggy
1. Adjective. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Groggy
1. dazed [adj -GIER, -GIEST] : GROGGILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groggy
Literary usage of Groggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Temperance Tales by Lucius Manlius Sargent (1856)
"groggy HARBOR. ... lation of groggy HARBOR. Its exports consisted of fish, ansi ''•?
imports were ..."
2. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"Squire Kirtle lolls on sofas soft, When he with wine gets swell'd and groggy,
But poor Bob Keel ... groggy ..."
3. Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through by Henry Bradshaw Fearon (1819)
"... I was " going long street groggy, man groggy too; " (laughing in the court,)
me go long so bad " groggy, lay down, put saw by side, man steal " saw from ..."
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