woozy

adjective

woo·​zy ˈwü-zē How to pronounce woozy (audio) ˈwu̇- How to pronounce woozy (audio)
woozier; wooziest
1
: mentally unclear or hazy
seems a little woozy, not quite knowing what to sayJ. A. Lukacs
2
: affected with dizziness, mild nausea, or weakness
3
: having a soft, indistinct, or unfocused quality : vague, fuzzy
woozy … prose and vaguely beneficent statementsRoz Kaveney
woozily adverb
wooziness noun

Examples of woozy in a Sentence

She was already feeling woozy after her first drink. the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot
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In Jack Antonoff’s hands, what Malin envisioned as a hard-charging rock number becomes a woozy, atmospheric trip immersed in reverb and layered vocals, and sets the tone for an album where reinvention is encouraged. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024 Music City then was always woozy from two shots of rot gut whiskey and an angry call from a jilted lover across town. Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 Surely the man who staked his entire studio on One From the Heart — the beautiful, woozy, unforgettable, financially dead-on-arrival One From the Heart — wasn’t thinking clearly. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024 In 1969, the Tony Williams Lifetime recorded a version soaked in acid, both lysergic and hydrochloric; a few years later, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Paul Bley, and Bruce Ditmas refashioned it into woozy, Grateful Dead–like fusion. David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for woozy 

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of woozy was in 1897

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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woozy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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woozy

adjective
woo·​zy ˈwü-zē How to pronounce woozy (audio)
woozier; wooziest
: slightly dizzy, nauseous, or weak

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