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
Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
The novel is set in 1984, but the plot keeps sliding backward into the sixties, in woozy reveries that engulf Zoyd like quicksand.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
One day, Kate was home with a family friend and started to feel woozy.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 July 2025
Both have the woozy, maddening force of a carousel stuck in overdrive.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Living authors of books investigating the day of rest, a small but select sodality, are probably feeling dizzy right now.—
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Signs of dehydration, including dry mouth and throat, infrequent urination and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
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Parrish, giddy with excitement, led us into the water.—
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There would be no third consecutive title, no hoisting of the championship cup over heads, no giddy laughter or shouts of joy.—
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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