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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Half asleep and half awake

Hi

Is there any nice (decent) word or a phrase to describe the state in which one is half asleep and half awake?

A - Why didn't you get up and call me?
B -  I hadn't woken up completely; I was still _____________

Can we use "in a stupor"? 

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

a stupor usually implies some moral or undesirable lapse, eg a drunken stupor. I'd usually just say eg I was still half-asleep.

— Clive

  • a stupor usually implies some moral or undesirable lapse, eg a drunken stupor.
  • I'd usually just say eg I was still half-asleep.
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a stupor usually implies some moral or undesirable lapse, eg a drunken stupor.

I'd usually just say eg I was still half-asleep.
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Thanks, Clive.

Would the phrase "wake up half-asleep" work in English?

I woke up half-asleep and couldn't recall whether it was a working day or a holiday.

Tom
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I agree with Clive, but "dozy" came to my mind as a possible single-word answer.
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Mr. TomI woke up half-asleep and couldn't recall whether it was a working day or a holiday.
"woke up half asleep" seems a contradiction to me. If you woke up then you would not be half asleep.
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Thanks, Clive and GPY.

So, is this completely natural?

I don't why but I am feeling so dozy (sleepy) at the moment.

Thanks,

Tom
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Mr. TomThanks, Clive and GPY.So, is this completely natural?I don't why but I am feeling so dozy (sleepy) at the moment.Thanks,Tom
If used of someone during the day, "dozy" can have connotations of being slow to understand, or similar.
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Half awake - when being woken or waking up

Half asleep - when falling into sleep or trance like state

To be dozy can mean silly and below average intelligence but can also mean being half asleep as in 'I dozed off' or I'I felt dozy and fell asleep' - i.e, being in a relaxed state prior to dozing off
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GPYIf used of someone during the day, "dozy" can have connotations of being slow to understand, or similar.
This usage is much more common in BrE than AmE.
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Please explain to those who are new what BrE and AmE mean. Thanks
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Maggie StarlingPlease explain to those who are new what BrE and AmE mean. Thanks
BrE is short for British English; that is to say, English as used by speakers in the UK.
AmE is short for American English; English as used by speakers in the USA.
You are quite right. We use these abbreviations on he
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