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
Trailblazer, the follow-up to her 2024 LP Country Curious, is a combination of woozy, mesmeric country songs elegantly paired with indie vibes.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
Related Stories That this tragedy took place on Hollywood’s doorstep adds a woozy, surreal element.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
Related Stories That this tragedy took place on Hollywood’s doorstep adds a woozy, surreal element.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woozy
Adjective
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Signs of dehydration, including: dry mouth and throat, infrequent peeing and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Spinning is what dizzy people do, and Lopez is not that.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Relief, their long-simmering attraction, and their giddy pride in having invented espionage cookery lead Antonin and Agathe to bang in the carriage back home.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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Del Toro’s early roles (in 1990s cult films such as The Usual Suspects and Excess Baggage) smacked of knockoff Marlon Brando: all movement, mumbling charm, and giddy chaos.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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