as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
feeling a little punchy after being up half the night with a crying baby
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Recent Examples of punchy
Instead, locals mainly subsist on pintxos — the quicker, punchier Basque equivalent to Spanish tapas — which are downed as part of an everlasting bar crawl.
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Colin Wrenn, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
The perfumed notes are calibrated and restrained so that the blossoms underpin
more familiar flavors like punchy, piney juniper and juicy pomelo peel.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Here in Los Angeles, as in much of coastal California where the roads and highways are broken and brutalized due to overpopulation, a plush airbag suspension paired with this punchy hybrid powertrain would serve well, very well indeed.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
There are a punchy combination of pinks, like fuchsia paired with powder pink and dark lilac, bright blues teamed with pale grey, and a rainbow at Miu Miu with bright green, blue, pink, and sunny yellow.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
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Colin Wrenn, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
The perfumed notes are calibrated and restrained so that the blossoms underpin
more familiar flavors like punchy, piney juniper and juicy pomelo peel.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Here in Los Angeles, as in much of coastal California where the roads and highways are broken and brutalized due to overpopulation, a plush airbag suspension paired with this punchy hybrid powertrain would serve well, very well indeed.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
There are a punchy combination of pinks, like fuchsia paired with powder pink and dark lilac, bright blues teamed with pale grey, and a rainbow at Miu Miu with bright green, blue, pink, and sunny yellow.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punchy
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Case in point: his goal for Portugal Under-17s against Morocco in September 2023, a ludicrous solo effort that left a trail of dazed defenders scratching their heads and wondering what the hell had just happened.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Sea lions and dolphins have been observed rigid with seizures, acting dazed and confused.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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As Chelsea, Wood widens her eyes and slants her eyebrows up when confused, bares her teeth and scrunches her whole face in terror, and barely contains her smile when smitten.—
Ashliene McMenamy,
Allure,
8 Apr. 2025
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And while my four rides in Waymo's Jaguar i-Pace vehicles around Los Angeles last summer didn't feature any such fits of indecisiveness, the cars have had their own confused moments.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But the on-again, off-again nature of the process has resulted in a bewildered industry that has adopted a wait and see approach to investment decisions and supply chain alterations.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Old Trafford was where distraught, bewildered fans felt physically compelled to go to express their grief.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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The distracted driver hit two cars, both heading west, after reportedly going left of center, OSHP's Chardon Post Trooper William Head confirmed, per the outlet.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Maria Espinosa was walking her son Misael Rico, then 6 years old, to school in January 2011 when a distracted driver jumped a curb and pinned the boy beneath the vehicle, the family said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2025
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Arielle appears to have repeatedly expressed her unease with the hike, including the steep height and feeling dizzy after taking a photo on a tree.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Back in 2023, Skrillex resurfaced unexpectedly with two new albums at once—Quest for Fire and Don’t Get Too Close—to showcase how his rattling bass juggernauts had evolved and his newfound grasp on dizzy emo-rap had tightened.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Punchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punchy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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