wooziness

/ˈwuzinəs/
noun
  1. A feeling of being dizzy, lightheaded, or unsteady, as if about to faint.
    • He experienced wooziness after standing up too quickly from his chair.
    • After spinning around in circles, she felt a sudden wooziness and had to sit down.
    • The heat and lack of water caused a wave of wooziness that made him grab the railing.
  2. A confused or dazed state of mind, often from illness, medication, or lack of sleep.
    • Jet lag caused a strange wooziness that made him mix up his words.
    • The wooziness from the fever made everything seem dreamlike and distant.
    • The cold medicine left her with a lingering wooziness that made it hard to concentrate.
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