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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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
See All Example Sentences for woozy
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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