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logy

logy

1 9.8
Feeling slow and tired after not sleeping, being sick, or taking medicine
  • adjective
  • /ˈloʊɡi/
translation icon : letárgico
  • After a long night of studying, I woke up feeling quite logy and unmotivated to start my day.

Examples

  • She was logy from too much water taken, but she hiked up her stem like a lady still and trod that sea beneath her.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Saturday morning was dull and logy, just the way I felt when I awoke.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • "She pulled on Pete's arm; he was logy, half asleep."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The medication made him feel logy, and he struggled to concentrate during the meeting.

  • She tried to exercise, but her body felt too logy after a week of illness.

Synonyms

dazed
vslogy
40 4.8

Not able to think and act clearly after a shock or when very tired

usually follows tiredness or intoxication rather than sudden impact
drowsy
vslogy
22 2.7

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

often means simple sleepiness rather than broad mental slowness
groggy
vslogy
21 5.6

Feeling weak, unsteady, and confused after being very tired, ill, or hit on the head

is a more general dull slowness without strong unsteadiness
foggy
vslogy
18 3.4

Unable to think clearly or react quickly

also covers slowed movement and physical slowness beyond unclear thought
dopey
vslogy
  • Informal
3 4.0

Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert

tends to highlight dull mental speed alongside physical sleepiness
sluggy
vslogy
1 7.8

Feeling slow and without energy

also implies slowed thought or dull mental processes beyond movement
loggy
vslogy
8.2

Moving or feeling slow and heavy because you are tired

focuses more on slowed thinking as well as sluggish movement

Antonyms

active
664 1.0

Operating now and not stopped

energetic
93 1.6

Full of energy and active

alert
82 2.8

Quick to notice and respond to what is happening

Compounds

-logy
  • Specialized
4.4

A suffix that shows the study of a particular subject

How Sluggish

lethargic
15 5.3
sluggish
30 3.9
logy
1 9.8
drowsy
22 2.7
sleepy
142 1.0

Surface Forms

logy positive
logier comparative
logiest superlative

Morphology

logy = log (semi-transparent) = log + y

Formed by the productive adjective suffix '-y' meaning 'like' or 'characterized by' (i.e., 'like a log' = sluggish), but the metaphorical sense may not be immediately obvious to all learners and can be confused with the unrelated suffix '-logy'.

Etymology

Logy is easy to remember if you think of a log, a heavy piece of wood that does not move fast. So logy means 'dull' or 'sluggish', like how you feel when you are slow and tired.