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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