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I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.
Rupert Graves

Meaning of "dozy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOZY

dozy  [ˈdəʊzɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOZY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dozy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOZY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dozy

Dozy is a Dutch surname, it may refer to: ▪ Frans Dozy, a bryologist ▪ Iman Dozy, an early 20th-century Dutch football player ▪ Jean Jacques Dozy, a 20th-century Dutch geologist who discovered the Ertsberg in New Guinea ▪ Reinhart Dozy, a 19th-century Dutch scholar of Arabic ▪ Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies, a bass guitarist in the 1960s British band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich...

Definition of dozy in the English dictionary

The definition of dozy in the dictionary is drowsy. Other definition of dozy is stupid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOZY


brosy
ˈbrəʊzɪ
COHSE
ˈkəʊzɪ
cosey
ˈkəʊzɪ
cosy
ˈkəʊzɪ
cozey
ˈkəʊzɪ
cozy
ˈkəʊzɪ
fandabidozi
ˈfændæbɪˌdəʊzɪ
fozy
ˈfəʊzɪ
hosey
ˈhəʊzɪ
Lozi
ˈləʊzɪ
mosey
ˈməʊzɪ
nosey
ˈnəʊzɪ
nosy
ˈnəʊzɪ
posey
ˈpəʊzɪ
posy
ˈpəʊzɪ
primrosy
ˈprɪmˌrəʊzɪ
prosy
ˈprəʊzɪ
rosy
ˈrəʊzɪ
tozie
ˈtəʊzɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOZY

doxycycline
doy
doyen
doyenne
Doyle
doyley
doylies
doyly
doz.
doze
dozed
dozen
dozens
dozenth
dozer
dozier
doziest
dozily
doziness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOZY

boozy
breezy
crazy
dizzy
doozy
fizzy
floozy
frenzy
fuzzy
hazy
jazzy
lazy
oozy
Sarkozy
schmoozy
sleazy
snazzy
snoozy
sovkhozy
woozy

Synonyms and antonyms of dozy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOZY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dozy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dozy

Translation of «dozy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOZY

Find out the translation of dozy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dozy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dozy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

想睡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dozy
570 millions of speakers

English

dozy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निंदासा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ناعس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сонная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Dozy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তন্দ্রালু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ensommeillé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dozy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verschlafen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

朽ちかけた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

졸음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dozy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dozy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dozy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sersem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sonnolento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dozy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сонна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dozy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dozy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaperig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dozy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dozy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dozy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOZY»

The term «dozy» is regularly used and occupies the 98.499 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOZY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dozy

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QUOTES WITH «DOZY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dozy.
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Rupert Graves
I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOZY»

Discover the use of dozy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dozy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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In the Dozy Hours: And Other Papers
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Agnes Repplier, 2012
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""Dozy" Song for soprano and piano on the lyrics by I. ...
азы DIGITAL SHEETS „Dozy“ Song for soprano and piano Composer: Valeriy Antonyuk Publisher: Roba Music Publishing WWW.robadigitalsheets.com Imprint: Responsible for this content: ROBA Digital Sheets a unit. Dozy song for soprano  ...
Valeriy Antonyuk, 2013
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Leiden Oriental Connections: 1850 - 1940
DOZY, A SCHOLARLY LIFE ACCORDING TO PLAN J. BRUGMAN Reinhart Petrus Anne Dozy was born on the 21st February 1820 in Leiden, where he was also to study, obtain his doctorate and finally, as a professor not of Arabic or Oriental ...
W. Otterspeer, 1989
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Chaos and Complex Systems: Proceedings of the 4th ...
Dozy chaos is a mix of chaotic motions of the electronic charge, nuclear reorganization, and the electromagnetic field via which the electrons and nuclei interact in the transient state. Quantum transitions in the absence of dozy chaos could not ...
Stavros G. Stavrinides, Santo Banerjee, Suleyman Hikmet Caglar, 2013
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Arabic Studies in the Netherlands: A Short History in ...
Oosterse vertellingen in achttiende-eeuws Nederland, Nijmegen, 2000. Dozy 1845: R.P.A. Dozy, Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez lesArabes , Amsterdam, 1845. Dozy 1846: R.P.A. Dozy (ed.),HistoriaAbbadidarum praemissis ...
Arnoud Vrolijk, Richard van Leeuwen, 2013
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Reclaiming the Hebrew Bible: German-Jewish Reception of ...
(A Contribution to Old Testament Criticism and to the Study of the Origins of Islam ).26 Dozy was not a biblical scholar, nor was his book perceived as an important contribution to biblical criticism. Academic circles viewed it with derision; ...
Ran HaCohen, 2010
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The Thalassaemia Syndromes
Kan, Y.W. & Dozy, A.M. (1978a) Antenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia by DNA analysis of amniotic-fluid cells. Lancet ii, 910. Kan, Y.W. & Dozy, A.M. ( 1978b) Polymorphism of DNA sequence adjacent to human b-globin structural gene: ...
David J. Weatherall, J. B. Clegg, 2008
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The Fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba: Berbers and Andalusis ...
30 All things considered, Reinhard Dozy was able to gather a remarkable collection of primary material, to write a history of Muslim Spain, apart from his other studies of aspects of the political history of particular Muslim dynasties, or his ...
Peter C. Scales, 1993
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The worship of Baalim in Israel, based upon the work of R. ...
14. This. last. fact. (italicised),. according. to. Dozy,. appears. from. the. following. circumstances. (i) The chief deity worshipped in the Temple at Mecca was called Hobal, i.e. hob-Baal, ' the Baal.' (ii) Beside the image of the god, there was a ...
Henricus Oort, Reinhart Pieter A. Dozy, 1865
10
In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Anonymous, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOZY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dozy is used in the context of the following news items.
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In My Opinion - Dozy nations are tied ever closer to European Union
The little by little destruction of every nation state is the stated policy of the 1956 Treaty of Rome, which defines the Brussels institution as “The ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
2
Does everyone hate politicians - or can they be popular?
The Blair option is one way and its great success the fair measure of a dozy electorate. Blair, with all that perma-smile charm, had something of ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
3
Catatumbo: Venezuela's everlasting lightning storm
Crimson-headed turkey vultures soared overhead, while dozy, lowing cattle nibbled at the parched spinifex, and red howler monkeys lazed in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Splurge: Telescoping BBQ fork
Also useful at the office to prod dozy coworkers, but be sure to leave on the protective caps (sorry, Kathryn). Widely available, from Kitchen Stuff ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
5
Vietnam's Hoi An exudes graceful charm
The name Hoi An means “peaceful meeting place” and nothing could be more apt for this quietly elegant town which seems almost dozy after ... «InDaily, Jul 15»
6
David Mooney :Can We Now Agree to Do Something About the …
I can't help getting palpitations when one of the dozy gits mindlessly stumbles through the window and starts banging its face every two ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Are Germans Free-riding on American Security?
Make no mistake; the “German Michel” (a figure representing the average German — an easygoing and dozy 19th century German with ... «War on the Rocks, Jul 15»
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The dozy parkers: Sheffield's most inconsiderate motorists
Sheffield residents took to The Star's Facebook page to comment on the dozy and inconsiderate parkers in their neighbourhoods. «The Star, Jul 15»
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Stevenage HIV sufferer was diagnosed in the nick of time after more …
Sometimes I really think I don't have it, I do so much, I'm normal, but it sometimes makes me a bit sleepy and dozy." She added: "I was a bit ... «Hertfordshire Mercury, Jul 15»
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Week In Geek: 6-12 July 2015
DRAGONFLIES: Nothing says green and pleasant land quite like a dragonfly darting over a chalk stream on a dozy summer day. Join dragonfly ... «Londonist, Jul 15»

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