woozier; wooziest
1
: mentally unclear or hazy
seems a little woozy, not quite knowing what to say—
J. A. Lukacs
J. A. Lukacs2
: affected with dizziness, mild nausea, or weakness
woozily
adverb
wooziness
noun
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Examples of woozy in a Sentence
She was already feeling woozy after her first drink.
the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot
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In Jack Antonoff’s hands, what Malin envisioned as a hard-charging rock number becomes a woozy, atmospheric trip immersed in reverb and layered vocals, and sets the tone for an album where reinvention is encouraged.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024
Music City then was always woozy from two shots of rot gut whiskey and an angry call from a jilted lover across town.
—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
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024
Music City then was always woozy from two shots of rot gut whiskey and an angry call from a jilted lover across town.
—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
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woozy. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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