Dictionary Definition
cozy adj
1 enjoying or affording comforting warmth and
shelter especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire";
"snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment" [syn: cosy, snug]
2 having or fostering a warm or friendly
atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality; "had a
cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail
lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: intimate, informal]
3 suggesting connivance; "a cozy arrangement with
the police" n : a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm [syn:
cosy, tea cosy,
cosey, tea cosey,
tea
cozy, cozey, tea cozey,
cozie, tea cozie]
[also: coziest, cozier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From the Scottish language, later adapted into EnglishAdjective
- Affording comfort
and warmth; snug; social
- 1785, Robert Burns, Holy Fair - While some are cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
affording comfort and warmth
- Chinese: 舒适 (shū shì), 暄暖 (xuān nuǎn)
- trreq Danish
- Dutch: gezellig, gezellige, knus, knusse
- Finnish: mukava, kodikas
- French: douillet , douillette
- German: gemütlich
- Italian: accogliente
- Japanese: 居心地のいい
- trreq Norwegian
- trreq Old English
- Polish: przytulny, ciepły, miły
- Portuguese: íntimo, confortável
- Russian: уютный
- Spanish: acogedor
- Swedish: mysig
- trreq West Frisian
Noun
Translations
a padded or knit covering put on a teapot
- Chinese: 暖壸 (nuǎn hú)
- Japanese: コゼー
- Portuguese: abafador
- Russian: стёганый чехол (stjóganyj čexól)
- Spanish: cubierta tejida
- Swedish: huva
a padded or knit covering for any item
- Japanese: カバー
Extensive Definition
Cozy may refer to:
- Cozy Cole, jazz drummer
- Cozy Powell, British rock drummer
- Cozy MK IV Four seat homebuilt aircraft
- Cozy Music - record label
- Cozy Records - Music Label - (also see Dora Hall)
- "Cozy (genre)", a subgenre of detective fiction where violence and suspense are downplayed or treated humorously
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
airworthy, buddy-buddy,
charmed, chatty, cheerful, chitchatty, chummy, colloquial, comfortable, comfy, commodious, communicative, confabulatory, content, contented, convenient, conversational, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, delighted, easeful, easy, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, familiar, favorably impressed
with, friendly,
glad, gladsome, gratified, homelike, homely, homey, homish, in clover, interlocutory, intimate, intrigued, lived-in, luxurious, pally, palsy-walsy, peaceful, plain, pleased, pleased as Punch,
pleased with, relaxing,
reposeful, restful, roomy, safe, satisfied, sea-kindly,
seaworthy, secure, simple, snug, soft, sold on, taken with,
tete-a-tete, thrilled,
tickled, tickled pink,
tickled to death, unpretending, warm