adjective
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dazed or confused
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experiencing dizziness, nausea, etc
Other Word Forms
- woozily adverb
- wooziness noun
Etymology
Origin of woozy
An Americanism first recorded in 1895–1900; perhaps short for boozy-woozy, rhyming compound based on boozy
Example Sentences
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A good platza will leave one parboiled and beaten half to death, yet woozy with gratitude to have survived.
From Literature
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.
From Los Angeles Times
The striking “Porcelana,” about enduring pain for fleeting pleasure, has a woozy, dissonant arrangement that mixes woodwinds, shrieking strings, and skittering percussion.
Dowd, who had been woozy in the immediate aftermath of the play, left the game an inning later.
From Los Angeles Times
When Lennon presented McCartney with “Strawberry Fields Forever,” a woozy reverie loosely based on his childhood, McCartney wrote his own memory piece, “Penny Lane.”
From Los Angeles Times
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