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WOOZY (woozier, wooziest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: woozier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, wooziest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does woozy mean? 

WOOZY (adjective)
  The adjective WOOZY has 1 sense:

1. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to fallingplay

  Familiarity information: WOOZY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOZY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: woozier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: wooziest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

Synonyms:

dizzy; giddy; vertiginous; woozy

Context example:

a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)


 Context examples 


Well, he went a bit woozy towards the end.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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