Cosy

Definition: Cosy

Cosy

Adjective

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".

Noun

1. A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cosy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references)

COSY

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Cosy

Physical Pleasure

Adjective: enjoying. Verb: luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease.

Sociality

Adjective: sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable, cosy, cosey, chatty, conversational; homiletical.

Crosswords: Cosy

Cosy Cool (1977)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Cosy Little Murder [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• A Spider Danced a Cosy Jig (reference)

• Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy (Missing Mystery, #6) (reference)

• John Wyndham: Creator of the Cosy Catastrophe: A Working Bibliography (reference)

• Specification and Analysis of Concurrent Systems: The Cosy Approach (Eatcs Monographs on Theoretical Computer Science) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "cosy": cosy life ♦ cosy spot ♦ tea cosy. Additional references.

Beginning with "cosy": cosy-comfortable, cosy-looking.

Ending with "cosy": tea-cosy.

Albanian

komod (cozy), i rehatshëm (comfortable, comfy, cozy, cushy, easy, homey, snug). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, convenient, easeful, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, restful, smooth, snug, soothing), ‏دافئ (cozy, hot, hothouse, snug, warm), ‏بكل معنى للراحة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

уютен (cozy, homelike, homely, snug, tight), топъл (genial, hot, mellow, warm), тайничък, капак за чайник, предпазливо (carefully, cautiously, gingerly, guardedly, reservedly, warily), предпазлив (cagey, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, deliberate, deliberative, discreet, fabian, gingerly, guarded, open-eyed, precautious, prudent, sparing, ware, wary), похлупаче за варено яйце. (various references)

Chinese 

�'适 (Comfort, Comfortable, comforts, Coziness, Cozy, Ease, Easeful). (various references)

Czech

pohodlný (comfortable, comfy, commodious, cozy, cushy, easy, snug), útulný (comfy, cozy, homely, snug). (various references)

Danish

tevarmer (tea cosy), æggevarmer (egg cosy). (various references)

Dutch

theemuts (tea cosy), eiwarmer (egg cosy), eierwarmer (egg cosy). (various references)

Finnish

yhdistelyjärjestelmä (configuration system), konfigurointijärjestelmä (configuration system). (various references)

French

douillet (comfortable). (various references)

German

behaglich (agreeable, comfortable, comfortably, comfy, contented, cosily, cozy, enjoyable, homely, homey, lived-in, lovely, nice, pleasant, snug, snugly), gemütlich (approachable, calm, close, comfortable, comfy, cozy, easy going, friendly, good natured, homelike, homely, homey, homy, informal, intimate, jovial, jovially, leisurely, lived-in, peaceful, pleasant, relaxed, snug, snugly, tranquil, unhurried). (various references)

Greek 

ζεστόσ (hot, warm), ευχάριστοσ (agreeable, congenial, consonant, convivial, cozy, delectable, engaging, gladsome, groovy, jaunty, piquant, pleasant, pleasing, satisfactory), άνετοσ (comfortable, easy, spacious), αναπαυτικόσ (comfortable, convenient, cozy, reposeful, restful, snug). (various references)

Hebrew 

חמים (lukewarm, warm), חם ו� עים (snug). (various references)

Hungarian

teababa (cozy, tea cosy, tea cozy), meghitt (confidential, cozy, familiar, heart-to-heart, homely, intimate, snug, thick), kényelmes (comfortable, comfy, commodious, convenient, cosh, cozy, cushy, easy going, handy, leisured, leisurely, nonchalant), barátságos (affable, amicable, common, cozy, friendly, genial, good tempered, homely, matey, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, open armed, snug, sociable, suave). (various references)

Italian

accogliente (comfortable, cozy, hospitable, snug, snugly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

安楽 (carefree, comfort, ease), 居心地がよい (comfortable, snug). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

い�"�"ちがよい (comfortable, snug), あ�"らく (carefree, comfort, ease). (various references)

Korean 

아늑한 (Cozy). (various references)

Manx

soccoil (easy, easy-going). (various references)

Norwegian

koselig (homy). (various references)

Pig Latin

osycay

Portuguese

conversadeira (chatty, cozy, sociable, talkative), confortável (comfortable, comfy, cozy, cushy, easeful, snug), cómodo (comfortable, convenient, cozy, handy, opportune), aconchegante (comfortable, cozy), aconchegado (cozy, snug), acolhedor (cozy, hospitable, inviting, welcoming, xenial), abafador de bule (cozy). (various references)

Romanian

confortabil (comfortable, comfortably, comfy, cosily, homey, snug), comod (comfortable, comfortably, commodious, convenient, cosily, cozy, easy, easy going, easy-fitting, handy, practical, roomy, serviceable, slothful, snug, suitable), canapea pentru douã persoane, învelitoare de ceainic. (various references)

Russian 

уютный (canny, comfortable, cosh, cozy, homey, snug). (various references)

Scottish

seasgair (at ease, one in comfortable circumstances, sheltered, snug). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udoban (comfortable, comfy, convenient, cozy), prijatan (agreeable, bonny, conversable, cozy, delectable, enjoyable, gratified, gratifying, jolly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, savory, savoury, welcome). (various references)

Spanish

cómodo (accommodative, at ease, close, comfortable, convenient, cozy, easy, handy, homy, intimate), bueno (all right, alright, cheering, convenient, cozy, cult, decent, enjoyable, fair, fine, glad, good, goodly, Goody, hallo, hearty, hello, high, hullo, kind, kindly, nice, okay, plenteous, plentiful, right, strong, useful, well, what, whatever), amistoso (amiable, amicable, comradely, cozy, downstage, friendly, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, sociable), acogedor (cheery, cozy, friendly, homely, snug). (various references)

Swedish

hemtrevlig (cozy, homy, snug), gemytlig (comfortable, cozy, genial, good humoured, good natured, good-humored, goodnatured, good-natured, jolly, jovial). (various references)

Turkish

sıcacık (nice and warm, snug, warm), rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), konforlu (comfortable, comfy, cushioned, plushy), keyifli (blissful, bucked, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, delighted, elevated, fit as a fiddle, gay, in a good mood, jolly, jovial, merry, pleasant, pleased, rejoicing, up), ev gibi (homelike, homey, homy), çaydanlık örtüsü (tea cosy, tea cozy). (various references)

Ukrainian

зручний (accessible, accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, couth, easeful, easy, likely, practical), затишний (chimney corner, couth, cozy, homelike, homely, homey, homy, snug). (various references)

Welsh

clyd (sheltered, snug, warm). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cosy": cosying. (additional references)

Words containing "cosy": ecosystem, ecosystems, glycosyl, glycosylate, glycosylated, glycosylates, glycosylating, glycosylation, glycosylations, glycosyls. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coys.

-1 letter: cos, coy, soy.

-2 letters: os, oy, so, yo.

+1 letter: cloys, cosey, yocks.

+2 letters: choosy, coneys, cooeys, coseys, cosily, costly, coveys, coyest, coyish, coypus, cozeys, cyclos, cymols, cymose, cymous, cytons, decoys, octyls, oocyst, psycho, stocky, syncom, yoicks.

+3 letters: calypso, canyons, carboys, choosey, chylous, chymous, closely, cockshy, cogways, comsymp, conveys, convoys, cookeys, copyist, corymbs, coryzas, cosying, cotypes, cowboys, coydogs, coyness, coyotes, coypous, crayons, crossly, cryptos, cursory, custody, cyborgs, cyclops, cystoid, cytosol, ecdyson, glycols, hockeys, jockeys, miscopy, mycoses, mycosis, myotics, oocysts, oocytes, otocyst, psychos, scorify, scroggy, shylock, slouchy, smoochy, society, sockeye, sorcery, succory, syconia, sycoses, sycosis, synchro, syncoms, syncope, synodic, tycoons, unsoncy, yapocks, zydecos.