woozy

[woo-zee, wooz-ee]

adjective

woozier, wooziest 

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.

3. drunken.

woozy

/ ˈwuːzɪ /

adjective

1. dazed or confused

2. experiencing dizziness, nausea, etc

Other Word Forms

• woozily adverb
• wooziness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of woozy¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of woozy¹

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

Example Sentences

The scent grows stronger, and I begin to feel more than a little woozy.

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A good platza will leave one parboiled and beaten half to death, yet woozy with gratitude to have survived.

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Over the woozy guitars of “Losing Myself,” she sings about disappearing into a toxic relationship — “I’m just a heart for your arrow” — while “Happy With You” contemplates her reflex for self-sabotage.

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The striking “Porcelana,” about enduring pain for fleeting pleasure, has a woozy, dissonant arrangement that mixes woodwinds, shrieking strings, and skittering percussion.

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The majority of the shots have been micro-trimmed to be snappier, a pace that wouldn’t suit stoners’ penchant for synchronizing the movie to Pink Floyd’s dreamy, woozy “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

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Related Words

• befuddled 
• bewildered 
• dazed 
• giddy 
• groggy 
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• queasy 
• shaky 
• tipsy 
• unsteady 
• wobbly