Dozy

adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Quite sleepy or tired.
  2. 2
    Intellectually slow.

    "Jim is a dozy child."

  3. 3
    Decaying, rotten, spongy.

    "dozy wood"

Adjective
  1. 1
    half asleep wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
dopeydrowsyharebrainedaddlebrainedaddlepatedadrowse

Example

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"The droning synthesizers and muted percussion can feed a languid, dozy mood, or they can just seem self-indulgently boring, depending on the listener's mood and taste."

Etymology

From doze + -y.

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