Antonyms for dozy

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : doh-zee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdoʊ zi

Definition of dozy

Origin : "drowsy," 1690s, from doze + -y (2).

As in sleepy : adj tired, dull
As in somnolent : adj sleepy
As in soporific : adj sleepy; sleep-inducing
As in nodding : adj sleepy
As in slumberous : adj sleepy
As in somnifacient : adj sleepy
As in somniferous : adj sleepy
As in somnific : adj sleepy
As in drowsy : adj sleepy
As in somnifacient : noun soporific

Example sentences :

His ancestors were Sleepyheads on his mother's side, and Dozy Pates on his father's side.
Extract from : « Andiron Tales » by John Kendrick Bangs

It was to be judged that the stuffy air of the car made her dozy.
Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb

Then came the hour of half-sleep, a true “dozy hour,” as Thackeray said.
Extract from : « Stage-coach and Tavern Days » by Alice Morse Earle

All day my cats were indoors, dozy, sociable, and contented.
Extract from : « Our Cats and All About Them » by Harrison Weir

I was in that dozy state, half asleep, when nothing is quite clear.
Extract from : « Letters of a Woman Homesteader » by Elinore Pruitt Stewart

Doze she did, for it was a warm, dozy afternoon, and the boat was running swiftly and smoothly with the tide.
Extract from : « The Keepers of the King's Peace » by Edgar Wallace

Ibn Hazm was, says Dozy, "a strict Moslem, averse to judging divine questions by human reasoning."
Extract from : « Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) » by Charles Reginald Haines

He felt cosy and dozy, full of mushrooms inside and covered with hay and feathers outside.
Extract from : « Jimbo » by Algernon Blackwood

So ugly the time'll come you can't stand for 'em any more than you can stand for the dozy life around here now.
Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum

Dozy regards Count Julian as an authentic historical figure though both his rank and authority are undefined.
Extract from : « Toledo. The Story of an Old Spanish Capital » by Hannah Lynch

Synonyms for dozy

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