GROGGINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grogginess mean? 

• GROGGINESS (noun)
  The noun GROGGINESS has 3 senses:

1. a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol

2. a groggy state resulting from weariness

3. marginal consciousness

  Familiarity information: GROGGINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROGGINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("grogginess" is a kind of...):

drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

Derivation:

groggy (stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A groggy state resulting from weariness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("grogginess" is a kind of...):

fatigue; tiredness; weariness (temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work)

Derivation:

groggy (stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Marginal consciousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

grogginess; semiconsciousness; stupefaction; stupor

Context example:

someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor

Hypernyms ("grogginess" is a kind of...):

unconsciousness (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)