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snoozy

snooze
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [snooz]
    • /snuz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [snooz]
    • /snuz/

Definitions of snoozy word

  • verb without object snoozy to sleep; slumber; doze; nap. 1
  • noun snoozy a short sleep; nap. 1
See all 2 definitions of snoozy

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Origin of snoozy

First appearance:

before 1780
One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90; origin uncertain

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Parts of speech for Snoozy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Snoozy

snoozy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

snoozy usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for snoozy

adj snoozy

  • blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
  • dopy — stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
  • dozy — drowsy; half asleep.
  • draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
  • drowsy — half-asleep; sleepy.

noun snoozy

  • balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
  • calming — soothing; tranquillizing
  • deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
  • dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.

adjective snoozy

  • dallying — Present participle of dally.
  • dozing — Present participle of doze.
  • energyless — Without energy.
  • laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
  • lulling — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
All 31 Synonyms of snoozy

Antonyms for snoozy

adjective snoozy

  • activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
  • energised — Alternative spelling of energized.
  • energized — Simple past tense and past participle of energize.
All 3 Antonyms of snoozy

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