woozy
Unsteady and faint
Woozy describes a state of unsteadiness or mental fog—dizzy, lightheaded, slightly nauseated.
You might feel woozy from medication, a blow to the head, too much wine, or standing up too fast: The anesthesia left me woozy for hours.
The word suggests impairment without complete incapacitation.
Faint and unsteady feeling
- vertigoSensation of spinning
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- reelingUnsteady from shock
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
whirling · unsteady · wobbly · teetering · staggering · off-balance · disoriented · faint
Nearly falling asleep
lethargic · tired · fatigued · bleary · muddled · out of it · jet-lagged · sleep-deprived
Mildly sick to stomach
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- nauseousFeeling urge to vomit
- seasickIll from ocean motion
- carsickNauseated from driving
airsick · green · bilious · upset stomach · motion sickness · queasiness · pale · unsettled
Mentally confused, disoriented
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- muddledIn a confused state
- addledConfused, unable to focus
- dazedShocked into mental fog
discombobulated · fuzzy-headed · spaced out · scattered · unclear · bewildered · mixed up
lightheaded
Faint and unsteady feeling
swaying · whirling · unsteady · wobbly · teetering · staggering · off-balance · disoriented · faint · swoon
drowsy
Nearly falling asleep
dazed · lethargic · tired · fatigued · bleary · muddled · out of it · jet-lagged · sleep-deprived · sedated
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
carsick · airsick · green · bilious · upset stomach · motion sickness · queasiness · pale · unsettled · stomach churning
befuddled
Mentally confused, disoriented
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- muddledIn a confused state
- addledConfused, unable to focus
dazed · discombobulated · fuzzy-headed · spaced out · scattered · unclear · bewildered · mixed up
tipsy
Mildly intoxicated
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
hammered · plastered · sloshed · wasted · smashed · blotto · sozzled · pickled · soused · tanked
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- Unsteady Motionshake, vibrate, vibration, tremor, oscillating
- drunk slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered
- ailmentsache, aches, ailment, cold, flu
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory