dozing off
Slipping into sleep
Dozing off is the act of falling into light sleep, often unintentionally or gradually: I kept dozing off during the movie.
It suggests drifting rather than deliberately going to sleep—nodding off in a meeting, slipping away on the couch.
The process is gentle and incremental, unlike crashing or passing out.
- snoozeLight brief sleep
- head bobbingRepeated vertical head motion
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- napBrief daytime rest
- cat napBrief light sleep
drowsiness · heavy eyelids · microsleep · power nap · fall asleep · out like a light · rest · heaviness · sleep deprivation · lulled · nod · sleeping · drifting · afternoon · couch · fatigue · exhausted · tired
- slang behaviorsmessing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking, loafing
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, slumber, naps
dozing offwaking up
Emerging from sleep
wide awake · awakening · coming to · rousing · alert
dozing offperking up
Becoming more animated
paying attention · focusing · concentrating · on the ball · vigilant
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