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boozy

/ˈbuːzi/adjective

boozy is spelled B-O-O-Z-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, boozy means “Intoxicated by alcohol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in boozy?

Letters5: B-O-O-Z-Y
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is boozy?

Boozy appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce boozy?

  • /ˈbuːzi/

Boozy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boozy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of boozy

  • boozier comparative
  • booziest superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does boozy mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Intoxicated by alcohol.

  2. 2

    Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol.

  3. 3

    Involving a large consumption of alcohol.

    We all had hangovers after a boozy weekend in town.

  4. 4

    Containing or cooked with alcohol.

    For dessert, the hosts treated us to a helping of boozy apple pie.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Boozy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Portuguesebebado (intoxicated by alcohol)
Spanishborracho, ebrio, escabio, escabiado (intoxicated by alcohol), escabiador (inclined to consume a significant amount of…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does boozy come from?

From booze + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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