groggy

adjective

Definition of groggynext
as in dazed
not able to think or move normally because of being tired, sick, etc. I'm still a little groggy from my nap. The medicine sometimes makes patients groggy.

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Recent Examples of groggy The Green Mountain Boys stormed in, pulling groggy redcoats and their families from the barracks and corralling them into a stunned cluster. — Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026 Melatonin can also leave some people groggy the next morning depending on dose and timing. — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 1 June 2026 Higher doses are not more effective and can leave users groggy. — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2026 Unfortunately, Stephen wasn’t fully grasping the news when first given, due to him still being somewhat groggy from sedation. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for groggy
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dazed
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  • When the dazed young woman reels off quotes from an obscure self-help book, her new acolytes take her words as gnomic wisdom.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The cops arrived hours past midnight, turning on the lights to reveal an army of dazed, squinting faces.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
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“Groggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groggy. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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