spacey
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈspeɪsi/
- Informal
:
despistado
- Whenever she's lost in thought, she gets a bit spacey and doesn't notice what's happening around her.
Examples
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After not sleeping well last night, I felt spacey during my morning class.
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It is possible to feel really confused, spacey, or simply extra exhausted and wanting to sleep or dream more.
Blog text (12) -
You always look so spacey.
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I started feeling spacey and weird, detached from myself, between things.
Fiction book (1997) -
And just seeming really spacey and acting funny.
Fiction book (1990) -
No wonder you've been spacey lately.
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My head has just been in this, like, foggy, creepy, spacey place all day.
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Lorna, you're just being spacey because of the sheriff, come on.
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I feel spacey.
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The guy had always been like this, Ormack remembered—a little spacey, quiet, introverted, always preferring to work alone even though it was a genuine pleasure being around him, and he seemed to enjoy working with others.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
22
2.7
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
13
3.3
Looks lost in thought and not paying attention
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4.0
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
1
8.7
Not fully paying attention and feeling confused or dreamy
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7.3
Looking dreamy and lost in thought, not paying attention
To feel dazed and not able to pay attention
Feeling very sleepy and slow after taking medicine or pills
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spacey comes from space plus the ending -y, which makes it mean 'in the state of space'. Think of someone 'spaced out' — their mind is in another 'space', so they seem confused, dazed, or not fully present.