wooziness
Feeling faint, unsteady
Wooziness is the state of feeling unsteady, dizzy, or mentally foggy.
It often accompanies illness, intoxication, or disorientation from sudden movement: A wave of wooziness hit me when I stood up too fast.
The word suggests mild impairment rather than complete incapacitation—you're woozy, not unconscious.
Sensation of spinning
- unsteadinessLack of firm balance
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
imbalance · nausea · headrush · queasiness · off-balance · stumbling · weak-kneed · reeling
Impaired state from alcohol
- tipsinessLight intoxication state
- inebriationDrunken state
- buzzContinuous low drone
- stuporSuspended sensibility
hangover · alcohol · sedation · impairment · grogginess · slurring · medication · anesthesia
Defeated by sheer volume
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- dazedShocked into mental fog
stunned · reeling · surreal · dreamlike · floaty · disconnected · unreal · dissociation
Elevated body temperature
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
malaise · weakness · sickness · infection · anemia · hypoglycemia · exhaustion · recovery
vertigo
Sensation of spinning
- unsteadinessLack of firm balance
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- spinningRevolving around an axis
swaying · imbalance · nausea · headrush · queasiness · off-balance · stumbling · weak-kneed · reeling · staggering
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
- tipsinessLight intoxication state
- inebriationDrunken state
- buzzContinuous low drone
stupor · hangover · alcohol · sedation · impairment · grogginess · slurring · medication · anesthesia · drugged
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- bewildermentState of being baffled
dazed · stunned · reeling · surreal · dreamlike · floaty · disconnected · unreal · dissociation · spacey
fever
Elevated body temperature
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
fatigue · malaise · weakness · sickness · infection · anemia · hypoglycemia · exhaustion · recovery · bedridden
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- disorientationconfusion, vertigo, bewilderment, daze, fogginess
- drowsinesssleepiness, tiredness, grogginess, lethargy, fatigue
- hangoversheadache, nausea, thirst, dry mouth, fatigue
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, sick feeling, upset stomach
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
woozinessalertness
Active mental awareness
clarity · clearheadedness · lucidity · mental acuity · focus
woozinesssteadiness
State of being constant
balance · equilibrium · stability · groundedness · sure-footedness
dizziness, woozy, giddiness, faintness, lightheadedness, woozily, wooziest