woozy
woozy
Definition
☆ woozy (wo̵̅o̅′zē, wo̵oz′ē)
adjective wooz′i·er, wooz′i·est
- dizzy, faint, and sickish
- befuddled, muddled, or dazed, as from drink, drugs, a blow, etc.
Etymology: prob. < wooze, var. of ooze
wooz′i·ly adverb
wooz′i·ness noun
woozy
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- feel: Swoosh, fizz, pop, I can't get those noises out of my head, I feel a bit woozy.
Modifies a noun
- head: Anyway, with a woozy head, I had a shave and shower.
Modifying Another Word
- very: Nitrous Oxide is also a sedative so it can make you feel very woozy and dizzy.
- little: One bottle of vodka and several pints later, things were getting a little woozy.
- too: And how strong can you go before the side effects of the meds make you too woozy to dive?
- slightly: Now slightly woozy, it was easier to get the second dart in and Rambo was soon asleep.
- still: In his still woozy state, he might well have answered in Amazonian Greek without thinking about it.
Used with adjective complement
- feel: I felt woozy all day, but managed to fulfill a dinner date with Tom and Natalie on Aloha.
- become: Literally, I was becoming woozy in the studio.
- get: In fact, I circled my finger around my head to show him I was getting woozy.
Preposition: in
- studio: Literally, I was becoming woozy in the studio.
Browse dictionary entries near woozy
- Woot
- woosh
- woops
- woomera
- wooly
- Woolworth, F.W.
- Woolworth
- woolsorters' disease
- woolshed
- woolsack
