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
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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Dowd, who had been woozy in the immediate aftermath of the play, left the game an inning later.
—Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The tone shifts, though, becoming myopic and even a little queasy once the film leaves high school behind and heads deeper into the forest, literally and figuratively, a shift that mimics the swoony, woozy, consumptive rush of first love — just what Hardwicke intended to capture.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
The black-and-white jacket, with its woozy vertical stripes, was designed by Pat Campano, who also made exuberant stage wear for the Supremes.
—Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Shotgun Spratling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The tone shifts, though, becoming myopic and even a little queasy once the film leaves high school behind and heads deeper into the forest, literally and figuratively, a shift that mimics the swoony, woozy, consumptive rush of first love — just what Hardwicke intended to capture.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
The black-and-white jacket, with its woozy vertical stripes, was designed by Pat Campano, who also made exuberant stage wear for the Supremes.
—Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for woozy
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woozy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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