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
The laptop’s brightly backlit keyboard feels fine enough for typing, but nothing to gush over, with punchy enough feedback.
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Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
The fiery hue was perfectly holiday-appropriate, and stars have proven to us all year long that this punchy color works far beyond December.
—Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
After all, a capable city-slicker is the ideal combination of a punchy engine, a lightweight design, and a small profile.
—New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
Pansy’s resentments are casual but bone-deep, and her fury unleashes some of the punchiest jokes in Leigh’s repertoire — truly, what does a baby have pockets for??
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for punchy 
Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
The fiery hue was perfectly holiday-appropriate, and stars have proven to us all year long that this punchy color works far beyond December.
—Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
After all, a capable city-slicker is the ideal combination of a punchy engine, a lightweight design, and a small profile.
—New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
Pansy’s resentments are casual but bone-deep, and her fury unleashes some of the punchiest jokes in Leigh’s repertoire — truly, what does a baby have pockets for??
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for punchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punchy
Adjective
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American Primeval’s second episode wastes no time, picking up mere moments after the end of the premiere, which left a dazed Jacob looking for his wife in the middle of a field filled with dead bodies.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Those friends are now left angry, confused and with a stinging loss.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Many customers are confused about high-yield savings Confusion abounds.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, Sam Darnold looked bewildered against Detroit in the regular season finale, and that conjures all sorts of lingering doubts.—
Jordan Brenner,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore brought different weapons to this cute fight: bobcat Kilgore and otter Brie, both seeming a little bewildered by the powder that surrounded them today.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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It was also found that Texas is the eighth-worst state for distracted driving, per a study from Bader Law.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2025
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State of play: In Iowa, there were 123 deaths and over 8,000 injuries caused by distracted driving from 2019 to 2023 — and this is likely underreported, according to a recent policy brief from the University of Iowa's Injury Prevention Research Center.—
Linh Ta,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Foreman tumbled downward in a dizzy, slow-motion-like crash, full-weight, a helpless giant, insensible.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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And now, filmmaker Gia Coppola has constructed a dreamy character piece around Anderson and her dizzy megawatt grin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Punchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punchy. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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