drowse in French
drowse in French is somnolence, somnoler — drowse means to make someone or something feel sleepy.
drowse in French
somnolence
An act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy.
somnoler
What does "drowse" mean?
- verb To make someone or something feel sleepy.
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verb To spend time sleepily, or move along in a half-asleep way, usually with 'away'.
"They slept again, then woke, and drowsed their way slowly towards the late afternoon when the unexpected fever awoke in him—an onslaught so sudden that the symptoms for her seemed instantly recognisable as a rogue attack of malaria."
- verb To make someone or something seem dull and inactive, as though sleepy.
- verb To feel sleepy or be half-asleep, often with 'away' or 'off'.
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drowse in a sentence
- They slept again, then woke, and drowsed their way slowly towards the late afternoon when the unexpected fever awoke in him—an onslaught so sudden that the symptoms for her seemed instantly recognisable as a rogue attack of malaria.
- Ida had kept him awake while he drowsed his way up the old King's Trace in eastern Missouri, feverish and weak.
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What is "drowse" in French?
"drowse" in French is somnolence, somnoler. drowse means: To make someone or something feel sleepy.
Are there other ways to say "drowse" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "drowse": somnolence, somnoler.
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