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dozy

dozy

1 4.3
Sleepy and likely to fall asleep
  • adjective
  • /ˈdoʊzi/
translation icon : somnoliento
  • Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives.

Examples

  • Just a dozy boom operator with a very, very large microphone.

  • 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.

  • She helped the children of the gods who laser-beamed their way back home to their dozy little fishing village turned tourist destination.

  • But I couldn't bear to perform without wishing you, Schluufy, dear birthday pillow, a very rosy, super dozy happy birthday to you

  • 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

  • Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey

  • After staying up late, I felt dozy during the meeting and struggled to keep my eyes open.

Synonyms

sleepy
vsdozy
142 1.0

Feeling very tired and wanting to close your eyes

is only half awake and more prone to brief naps
drowsy
vsdozy
22 2.7

Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored

is more about being half awake than simply tired
dopey
vsdozy
  • Informal
3 4.0

Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert

focuses on being half awake rather than slowed by other causes
somnolent
vsdozy
  • Formal
2 8.4

Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep

is informal and suggests light, half awake sleepiness
sleepyheaded
vsdozy
1 5.3

Very tired and unable to keep your eyes open

is milder, meaning partly awake rather than almost asleep
snoozy
vsdozy
  • Informal
1 4.6

Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep

is neutral and focuses on being half awake rather than cozy
slumbrous
vsdozy
  • Literature
9.9

A calm, quiet mood that makes you feel sleepy

is about a person being half awake rather than an atmosphere
slumberous
vsdozy
  • Literature
7.6

Calm and quiet in a way that makes you feel sleepy

is plain and describes simple, partial wakefulness instead
slumbery
vsdozy
  • Archaic
9.9

Having a sleepy, calm feeling that makes you relax

is modern and commonly used for light, half awake feeling
oscitant
vsdozy
  • Archaic
9.9

Showing boredom by yawning or being very sleepy

is specifically about being half awake rather than just bored

Antonyms

432 1.0

Not sleeping and able to think clearly

137 3.5

A state of being ready and watchful for possible danger

How Sleepy

groggy
21 5.6
sleepy
142 1.0
dozy
1 4.3
awake
432 1.0

Surface Forms

dozy positive
dozier comparative
doziest superlative

Morphology

dozy = doze (transparent) = doze + y

Formed by the productive suffix '-y' on 'doze', giving the clear meaning 'inclined to doze'.

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.