adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈɡɹɒ.ɡi/
US:/ˈɡɹɑ.ɡi/
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rhymes with -ɒɡi
CMU ARPABET:G R AA1 G IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The medicine made him groggy and irritable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a horse: bearing wholly on its heels when trotting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dazed, foggy, logy, stuporous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From grog + -y.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
замаян
(zamajan)
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Bulgarian:
олюляващ се
(oljuljavašt se)
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Catalan:
atordit
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Catalan:
estordit
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Czech:
grogy
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Dutch:
suf
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Finnish:
tokkurainen
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Finnish:
sekava
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
French:
étourdi
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
French:
groggy
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
German:
benommen
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
German:
mitgenommen
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
German:
groggy
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Hungarian:
kábult
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Hungarian:
kába
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Indonesian:
keder
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Indonesian:
grogi
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Italian:
stordito
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Italian:
intontito
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Macedonian:
заше́метен
(zašémeten)
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Persian:
مست تلو تلو خوردن سست
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Polish:
półprzytomny
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Polish:
przymulony
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Portuguese:
grogue
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Russian:
затормо́женный
(zatormóžennyj)
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Russian:
обалде́лый
(obaldélyj)
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Russian:
одуре́лый
(odurélyj)
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Spanish:
grogui
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Spanish:
atontado
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Spanish:
modorro
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Swedish:
groggy
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
Swedish:
omtöcknad
— Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.