fuzzy-headed
Americanadjective
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not given to clear thinking; foolish.
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giddy; light-headed.
Example Sentences
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I largely carried on with my day, feeling a bit fuzzy-headed.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
Protein and grains, she explained, and no to wine, thanks—one glass will make her fuzzy-headed in the morning and Beth wants none of that, she’s having none of that, apparently.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019
While these newfound “negative spaces” should be glorious releases, inspiring moments of freedom returned, instead I find the lack of purpose has left me unfocused and fuzzy-headed, bored.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2012
But the hard-headed part of me sees ideas like the "it from bit" as the kind of fuzzy-headed, narcissistic mysticism that science is supposed to help us overcome.
From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2011
She would find herself going cross-eyed and fuzzy-headed, whispering poetry or making up a story.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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