as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot
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Recent Examples of woozy
Music City then was always woozy from two shots of rot gut whiskey and an angry call from a jilted lover across town.
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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
The short teaser features a snippet of delightfully woozy new music, with atmospheric synths, rolling bass, and ethereal vocals punctuated by an infectious laugh.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
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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
The short teaser features a snippet of delightfully woozy new music, with atmospheric synths, rolling bass, and ethereal vocals punctuated by an infectious laugh.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woozy
Adjective
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Several staff members at a Broward County school complained of being light-headed and dizzy after a student was found with a bag of pills on campus Wednesday, Miramar police said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Arielle appears to have repeatedly expressed her unease with the hike, including the steep height and feeling dizzy after taking a photo on a tree.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The virtuoso sequence that will generate giddy excitement among enthusiasts of Evans’ earlier films is an extended bout of killing and maiming in a nightclub where techno music keeps thumping as bodies keep dropping.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Here are the numbers that got Wall Street giddy: Revenue came in at $10.54 billion, up almost 13% YoY Operating margin hit 31.8%, up from 28.1% last year EPS grew nearly 25% And all this as the rest of tech stumbles around blaming tariffs and macro gloom.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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