Advertisement
Advertisement
cozy
[ koh-zee ]
adjective
- comfortable and snug:
We live in a cozy little house with a small garden in the back.
- convenient or beneficial, usually as a result of dishonesty or connivance:
A very cozy agreement between competing firms had kept the industry profitable for years.
- suggesting opportunistic or conspiratorial intimacy:
The exposé revealed a cozy relationship between lobbyists and some politicians.
- discreetly reticent or noncommittal:
The administrators are remaining cozy about which policy they plan to adopt.
- relating to a genre of mystery stories with little suspense, explicit violence, or sexual content, often also having amateur sleuths and idyllic, intimate settings:
I read lots of different books, but I like cozy mysteries best.
Charming characters and just the right amount of danger make this cozy series a delight to read.
noun
- a padded covering for a teapot or coffeepot to retain the heat of the contents.
- a mystery story with little suspense, explicit violence, or sexual content, often also having amateur sleuths and idyllic, intimate settings:
I started out reading cozies and moved on to the hard-boiled detective novels.
verb (used with object)
- to make more warm or comfortable (often followed by up ):
New curtains would cozy the room up a bit.
verb phrase
- Informal.
- to move closer for comfort or affection:
Come over to the fire and cozy up a bit.
- to try to become friendly or intimate in order to further one's own ends; attempt to ingratiate oneself:
He's always cozying up to the boss.
cozy
/ ˈkəʊzɪ /
Derived Forms
- ˈcozily, adverb
- ˈcoziness, noun
Other Words From
- co·zi·ly adverb
- co·zi·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of cozy1
Example Sentences
This four-inch topper blends temperature-neutral memory foam and cozy down alternative fiber to add a supportive veneer of luxury to your new firm mattress or worn old mattress.
We gathered some of the best sleep tools—from a super cozy eye mask to a soothing sound machine—that’ll wind you down at night and keep you well-rested.
A cozy, comfortable sock can go a long way when it comes to gift-giving.
Finding out exactly what happens when particles get even cozier is a major goal of high-energy physics.
It is Google, another American company, but one whose leaders are less cozy with Trump.
Sitting at a cozy café in the center of Tel Aviv, Kallai looks nothing like the feisty woman he plays on screen.
It might have been used as confirmation that a unique and cozy “special relationship” between the two nations was unassailable.
The study is a quiet and cozy room in a quiet and cozy house.
How Bill Simmons and company have turned NFL indignation into a cozy little cottage industry.
By demonstrating a willingness to criticize President Obama, often rebuking him for his cozy relationship with Wall Street.
I took two rooms in the third story, small but very cozy, and with a lovely view of the hills.
For he himself was beginning to see what a cozy home the car really would make.
Every day in her cozy sitting-room Mrs. Worthington talked with her little girls, Bessie and Louise.
The white shades were down, the doors between the rooms closed, they were altogether cozy and comfortable.
The girl's earliest memories were of the cozy log-cabin upon the banks of the limpid, gurgling creek.
Advertisement
Related Words
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse