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Meanings of woozy in English

Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling.

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Examples for "dizzy"
Examples for "dizzy"
1
I know nothing about it; the sight of weapons makes me dizzy.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
2
He ate it on the way home and felt drugged and dizzy.
The new yorker
3
I watched her poising herself on the ledge; it made me dizzy.
Aylwin
4
All of the dizzy good humor had gone out of the evening.
The stand
5
She'd be dizzy soon from lack of oxygen and that was good.
Exit wound
1
When she saw Olivia's response, Valya felt a giddy sense of power.
Mentats of Dune
2
In the final chapter, we're giddy with questions that require an answer.
The Guardian
3
It was actually quite exhilarating, in a giddy, terrifying sort of way.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
4
After he was shown out, I felt a giddy sense of hope.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
5
They weren't markedly gleeful or giddy, not happy in any obvious way.
The irresistible henry house
1
But the most vertiginous rise has come over the past three deals.
The Guardian
2
His rise to fame was as vertiginous as his fall and decay.
Mademoiselle Fifi
3
The tiered seats dropped away towards the pitch in a vertiginous slope.
Pack animals
4
The pool dumps over the edge to become the vertiginous Fautaua Falls.
BBC
5
And after this, who would dare suggest his vertiginous ascent is slowing?
The Guardian
Usage of woozy in English
1
Four or five pints on, you're a bit on the woozy side.
The Irish Times
2
When I'd seen Ethan standing over me, I'd felt woozy and vulnerable.
Never Have I Ever
3
Stand by for flash-backs - and not just the occasional woozy memory.
Radio NZ
4
Huck, still woozy from his plane ride, took a cautious step out.
Huck: the remarkable true story of how one lost puppy taught a f...
5
Was it worth all those hours of molasses-like conversations in woozy bars?
Wired
6
Nearly all Italian ladies carry one or more of those woozy-eyed pups.
The Lure of the Mask
7
Szczupak, woozy and disoriented from prescribed medications, stepped out of the van.
Reuters
8
But now, woozy within this drunken fog, I had to do it.
Mysterious Skin
9
He felt woozy and a little low, still disoriented by the journey.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
10
Until my head feels woozy and I can barely stand up straight.
Deadly little secret
11
But I was too woozy to do more than just lie here.
The flock
12
The nurse said: You should start to feel a little woozy.
Mistress of the game
13
Haarms appeared woozy and needed help walking to the locker room.
Reuters
14
Talk of the oppressive heat was making Faith a bit woozy.
Frontier courtship
15
Some of them was in here right woozy the other day.
Mavericks
16
Maybe Zav and Julian's way was better, cutting out all the woozy idealism.
The Girls
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