grogginess meaning

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grogginess (noun): a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol.

grogginess has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

grogginess as a noun

  1. a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol

    Type of: drunkenness

    Related forms: groggy

  2. a groggy state resulting from weariness

    Type of: fatigue

    Related forms: groggy

  3. marginal consciousness
    • his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
    • someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor

    Synonyms: stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness

    Type of: unconsciousness

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with GR · words ending in SS · 10-letter words

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