groggy

The downside is you might be a bit groggy, but the adrenaline rush should take over so you enjoy it, although you "might struggle to then fall back asleep", says Revell.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Many of the students looked a bit groggy amid the 7:30 a.m. hoopla, another change to their routine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

For the first 10 days onboard, I woke up groggy, stuffed and head pounding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

“Some people are really tired and groggy when they go through inspection, and they don’t do a good job explaining their real situation,” he says.

From Slate ● May 26, 2025

In any case, it was very dark now, and she was suddenly groggy with exhaustion and freezing cold.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

I figured that I was just groggier than usual.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018

Hibs looked groggier still as they went 2-0 down.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2017

But for nearly all who have strained to establish a new routine, resetting their alarms for an earlier, groggier morning, the stifled commute from Hoboken to New York City remains uniquely vexing.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2012

But he said it was nearly universal that anesthesiologists were being forced to use less familiar medications that leave patients groggier and with a higher risk of nausea and headaches.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2010