dozy

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adjective

Quite sleepy or tired.

“dozy wood”

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Meanings

adjectivedozy (comparative dozier, superlative doziest)

comparative dozier · superlative doziest

  1. Quite sleepy or tired.

    Synonyms: drowsy, somnolent, adrowse, bedroomy, dopey, dragging one's tail, drowsy, eyelids at half-mast

  2. Intellectually slow.

    Jim is a dozy child.

    Synonyms: drowsy, vacant, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft

  3. businessDecaying, rotten, spongy.

    dozy wood

    Synonyms: doty, blighted, cankered, decayed, dotterel, forworn, moldering, rotten

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveQuite sleepy or tired.

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drowsysomnolentadrowsebedroomydopeydragging one's taildrowsyeyelids at half-mastnodding offoscitantout of steamsleepboundsleepishsleepyslombrysnoozyslumberfulslumberousslumbersome

adjectiveIntellectually slow.

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adjectiveDecaying, rotten, spongy.

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dotyblightedcankereddecayeddotterelforwornmolderingrottenputrefacientputrefactiveputrescentputrid

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehalf asleep

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drowsydrowsingasleep
Also see
adrowseasleepbedroomydrowsingdrowsyhypersomnolentnappishoscitantsleepboundsleepfulsleepishsleepyslumberfulslumberousslumbersomesnoozysomniculoussomnolentsomnolescentstupid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From doze + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian сънен, сънлив
  • сънен (sănen)sleepy
  • сънлив (sănliv)sleepy
Czech ospalý, mátožný
  • ospalýsleepy
  • mátožnýsleepy
  • malátnýsleepy
  • pomalýintellectually slow
  • natvrdlýintellectually slow
Dutch slaperig
  • slaperigsleepy
French somnolent
  • somnolentsleepy
German dösig
  • dösigintellectually slow
Greek αποκοιμισμένος, αποκοιμισμένος
  • αποκοιμισμένος (apokoimisménos)sleepy
  • αποκοιμισμένος (apokoimisménos)intellectually slow
Italian assonnato, insonnolito
  • assonnatosleepy
  • insonnolitosleepy
Latin sopōrus
  • sopōrussleepy
Polish śpiący
  • śpiącysleepy
Russian со́нный
  • со́нный (sónnyj)sleepy
Spanish adormecido
  • adormecidosleepy
Cite this entry
APA

dozy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dozy

MLA

“dozy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dozy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dozy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dozy.

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