Meanings
comparative woozier · superlative wooziest
- Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.
I got off the rollercoaster feeling a bit woozy.
Synonyms: giddy, lightheaded, whifty
- Intoxicated by drink or drugs.
Synonyms: drunk
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveQueasy, dizzy, or disoriented.
adjectiveIntoxicated by drink or drugs.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishwōse
- Middle Englishwosy
- Englishwoozy
From Middle English wosy (“muddy, miry”), from Middle English wose (“mud, slime, ooze”) + -y. Doublet of oozy. Perhaps influenced by boozy.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech omámený, zmatený
- omámenýqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
- zmatenýqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
- malátnýqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
Dutch wazig
- wazigqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
Finnish sekava, tokkurainen
- sekavaqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
- tokkurainenqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
German benebelt
- benebeltqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
Polish chwiejny, zdezorientowany
- chwiejnyqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
- zdezorientowanyqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
- wstawionyintoxicated by drugs or alcohol
- przymulonyintoxicated by drugs or alcohol
Romanian amețit, dezorientat
- amețitqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
- dezorientatqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
Russian не в себе́
- не в себе́ (ne v sebé)queasy, dizzy, or disoriented
Spanish mareado
- mareadoqueasy, dizzy, or disoriented
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with woozy
All rhymes →Cite this entry
woozy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woozy
“woozy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woozy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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