dozy
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈdoʊzi/
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somnoliento
- Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives.
Examples
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Just a dozy boom operator with a very, very large microphone.
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She tried to think it through, to picture the plane's exact direction, yet she was still dozy; the flight had been scheduled to leave at eight, and that had meant setting the alarm in Princeton for five-thirty.
Fiction book (2002) -
If you're feeling a bit sleepy dozy, you get it, you get it.
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She helped the children of the gods who laser-beamed their way back home to their dozy little fishing village turned tourist destination.
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But I couldn't bear to perform without wishing you, Schluufy, dear birthday pillow, a very rosy, super dozy happy birthday to you
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I think that, in the last one, the man who falls is a coworker who is admiring the view when some dozy nut in boxers walks out.
Blog text (34) -
Feeling too dozy too soon, I wandered off to the other end of the park, where I happened upon New York hardcore punk legends Youth of Today, finishing up their set with a scorching cover of 7 Seconds.
Blog text (29) -
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
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Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
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After staying up late, I felt dozy during the meeting and struggled to keep my eyes open.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very tired and wanting to close your eyes
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2.7
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
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4.0
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
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8.4
Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep
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5.3
Very tired and unable to keep your eyes open
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4.6
Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep
A calm, quiet mood that makes you feel sleepy
Calm and quiet in a way that makes you feel sleepy
Having a sleepy, calm feeling that makes you relax
Showing boredom by yawning or being very sleepy
Antonyms
How Sleepy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dozy comes from the verb doze, which means 'to sleep a little' or 'nap'. So if you are dozy, you feel sleepy or only half awake, like someone about to doze off.