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woozy

[ woo-zee, wooz-ee ]

adjective

, wooz·i·er, wooz·i·est.
  1. stupidly confused; muddled; befuddled:

    woozy from a blow on the head.

  2. physically out of sorts, as with dizziness, faintness, or slight nausea:

    He felt woozy after the flu.



woozy

/ ˈwuːzɪ /

adjective

  1. dazed or confused
  2. experiencing dizziness, nausea, etc


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Derived Forms

  • ˈwooziness, noun
  • ˈwoozily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • woozi·ly adverb
  • woozi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of woozy1

An Americanism first recorded in 1895–1900; perhaps short for boozy-woozy, rhyming compound based on boozy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of woozy1

C19: perhaps from a blend of woolly + muzzy or dizzy

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Example Sentences

Then, she claims that after she drank the coffee, she felt woozy.

My eyes were woozy as I woke up, and I saw these spindly, veiny legs in slippers and a nightgown.

Somewhere along the way he had likely started feeling bad—light-headed or woozy.

She tells of surrendering to the “woozy charms” of wine coolers and passing out drunk.

Shall I shove it into him through the oil-funnel if he is woozy?

A man spends his on highballs, and a woman gets woozy on clothes.

Then when he got woozy one time she up an' told him that she had got a nice long letter from her hubby.

He pounded two swift punches into the amazed crewman, who responded with a woozy, wild blow.

I crawled along it as fast as I could—I was about woozy, anyway—and by and by I 'eard the shots go off be'ind me.

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