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groggy

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡɹɒ.ɡi/
  • US: /ˈɡɹɑ.ɡi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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.