sleep-drunk

English

Adjective

sleep-drunk (comparative more sleep-drunk, superlative most sleep-drunk)

Slowed or weakened by recent sleep; drowsy; groggy.
- 2011, Sabine C. Bauer, Stargate SG-1: Transitions, Fandemonium Books (2011), unnumbered pages:
  By the sound of it, the ever obliging Agent Barrett didn't really feel like obliging. Else he was too sleep-drunk to string two rational thoughts together.
- 2011, Lia Habel, Dearly, Departed‎, Del Rey, published 2011, →ISBN:
  My father looked mournfully at me, before turning to whisper something to Elpinoy as he staggered into the kitchen, sleep-drunk.
- 2014, Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy‎, Entangled Publishing, published 2014, →ISBN:
  I open my eyes by degrees, my limbs heavy and sleep-drunk.

Translations

slowed or weakened by recent sleep

Danish: søvndrukken

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