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Definition of "dozy" [doz•y]

  • Half asleep; drowsy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dozy" in a sentence
  • "I too have been plagued by unusually warm weather and a "dozy" young driver but she got our mailbox instead of my car, so it wasn't too bad."
  • "Ms Germain was often "dozy", which he put down to the medication."
  • "And that one sloppy, dozy, cosy thing leads tragically to another."