wooziness
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈwuːziˌnəs/
:
mareo
- The medication caused a slight wooziness, leaving her feeling unsteady as she tried to walk.
Examples
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Still feeling some wooziness but excited.
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Along with a contact wooziness, I caught an aching deep in my Shadow's bones.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dena sits up, lets some gin wooziness spin her around.
Fiction book (1992) -
Well, he will experience some numbness in his extremities and a little wooziness from the pills I just gave him but no lasting effect.
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After spinning around in circles, I felt a wave of wooziness that made it hard to stand up straight.
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He reported experiencing wooziness after standing up too quickly from a seated position.
Synonyms
57
2.9
A feeling of being unsteady or about to fall, often with a spinning feeling
30
7.8
A feeling that you or the room is spinning and you may fall
16
3.8
Your body or the room seems to spin and you may lose balance
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7.8
A feeling of dizziness and unsteadiness that can make you faint
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5.6
A feeling of dizziness and faintness as if you might lose your balance
1
4.6
A feeling of dizziness and light-headedness sometimes with excitement
1
4.9
A feeling of weakness and dizziness that can make you pass out
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wooziness comes from the adjective woozy, which likely copies the soft, unclear feeling of being dizzy, and the ending -ness makes it 'a state'. Think of being 'wobbly' or 'giddy', and you can see why wooziness means feeling dizzy, lightheaded, and unsteady.