"woozy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwuːzi/ Audio: en-us-woozy.ogg [US] Forms: woozier [comparative], wooziest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːzi Etymology: From Middle English wosy (“muddy, miry”), from Middle English wose (“mud, slime, ooze”) + -y. Doublet of oozy. Perhaps influenced by boozy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wosy|t=muddy, miry}} Middle English wosy (“muddy, miry”), {{der|en|enm|wose|t=mud, slime, ooze}} Middle English wose (“mud, slime, ooze”), {{suf|en||y|id2=adjectival}} + -y, {{doublet|en|oozy}} Doublet of oozy, {{m|en|boozy}} boozy Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} woozy (comparative woozier, superlative wooziest)
  1. Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented. Synonyms (queasy, dizzy, or disoriented): giddy, lightheaded, whifty Translations (queasy, dizzy, or disoriented): omámený [masculine] (Czech), zmatený [masculine] (Czech), malátný [masculine] (Czech), wazig (Dutch), sekava (Finnish), tokkurainen (Finnish), benebelt (German), amețit [masculine] (Romanian), dezorientat [masculine] (Romanian), не в себе́ (ne v sebé) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-woozy-en-adj-RckjOUAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 88 12 Disambiguation of 'queasy, dizzy, or disoriented': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'queasy, dizzy, or disoriented': 99 1
  2. Intoxicated by drink or drugs. Synonyms (intoxicated): drunk Translations (intoxicated by drugs or alcohol): wstawiony [masculine] (Polish), przymulony [masculine] (Polish), trąchnięty [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-woozy-en-adj-tNseP4Xw Disambiguation of 'intoxicated': 10 90 Disambiguation of 'intoxicated by drugs or alcohol': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stoned Derived forms: woozily, wooziness

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for woozy meaning in English (4.2kB)

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      "sense": "queasy, dizzy, or disoriented",
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      "sense": "queasy, dizzy, or disoriented",
      "word": "wazig"
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      "sense": "queasy, dizzy, or disoriented",
      "word": "sekava"
    },
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      "word": "tokkurainen"
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      "sense": "queasy, dizzy, or disoriented",
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      "sense": "queasy, dizzy, or disoriented",
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      "sense": "intoxicated by drugs or alcohol",
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