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Dizzy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dizzy? [adj] lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [adj] having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [v] make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dizzy: airheaded \| empty-headed \| featherbrained \| frivolous \| giddy \| ill \| lightheaded \| light-headed \| sick \| silly \| vertiginous \| woozy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dizzy: addle \| addlebrained \| addled \| addleheaded \| addlepated \| adrift \| afloat \| alternating \| amorphous \| apish \| asinine \| babbling \| ball up \| batty \| beery \| befooled \| befuddle \| befuddled \| beguiled \| bemused \| besotted \| bewilder \| bewildered \| blear-witted \| blind drunk \| brainless \| buffoonish \| capricious \| cause vertigo \| changeable \| changeful \| cockeyed \| confounded \| confused \| crapulent \| crapulous \| crazy \| credulous \| daffy \| daft \| dazed \| dazzled \| delirious \| desultory \| deviable \| distracted \| doting \| drenched \| drunk \| drunken \| dumb \| eccentric \| empty-headed \| erratic \| exorbitant \| extravagant \| extreme \| faint \| far-gone \| fast and loose \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| featherbrained \| featherheaded \| fickle \| fitful \| flaky \| flickering \| flighty \| flitting \| fluctuating \| fluster \| flustered \| fluttery \| foggy \| fond \| fool \| foolheaded \| foolish \| fou \| freakish \| frivolous \| fuddle \| fuddlebrained \| fuddled \| full \| futile \| gaga \| gay \| giddy \| giddy-brained \| giddy-headed \| giddy-pated \| giddy-witted \| glorious \| goofy \| gulled \| happy \| harebrain \| harebrained \| idiotic \| imbecile \| immoderate \| impetuous \| impulsive \| in liquor \| inane \| incoherent \| inconsistent \| inconstant \| indecisive \| inebriate \| inebriated \| inebrious \| inept \| infatuated \| infirm \| inordinate \| insane \| intoxicate \| intoxicated \| irregular \| irresolute \| irresponsible \| jolly \| kooky \| light \| lightheaded \| light-headed \| loony \| mad \| maudlin \| mazy \| mellow \| mercurial \| merry \| mix up \| moody \| moronic \| muddle \| muddled \| muddleheaded \| muddybrained \| muzzy \| nappy \| nutty \| off \| puzzled \| puzzleheaded \| rambling \| ranting \| rattlebrained \| rattleheaded \| rattlepated \| raving \| reeling \| restless \| roving \| sappy \| scatterbrained \| scramblebrained \| screwy \| senseless \| sentimental \| shapeless \| shatterbrained \| shifting \| shifty \| shikker \| shuffling \| silly \| skittish \| sodden \| sotted \| spasmodic \| spineless \| stupid \| swimming \| swirl the senses \| thoughtless \| throw off \| tiddly \| tipsy \| tottering \| towering \| turned around \| unaccountable \| uncertain \| unconscionable \| uncontrolled \| undependable \| under the influence \| undisciplined \| undue \| unfixed \| unmeasurable \| unpredictable \| unreliable \| unrestrained \| unsettled \| unstable \| unstable as water \| unstaid \| unsteadfast \| unsteady \| vacillating \| vagrant \| variable \| vertiginous \| vicissitudinary \| vicissitudinous \| volatile \| wacky \| wandering \| wanton \| wavering \| wavery \| wavy \| wayward \| wet \| whimsical \| whirl the mind \| whirling \| wishy-washy \| witless \| woozy See Also \| alter \| change Dizzy In Webster's Dictionary \Diz"zy\ (d[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [Compar. {Dizzier} (-z[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Dizziest}.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d["u]sig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. d["o]sig drowsy, slepy, d["o]se to make dull, drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[=ae]s foolish, G. thor fool. [root]71. Cf. {Daze}, {Doze}.] 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct. Alas! his brain was dizzy. --Drayton. 2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo. To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. --Macaulay. 3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. ``The dizzy multitude.'' --Milton. \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizzying}.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. --Sir W. Scott.

Dizzy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dizzy?

[adj] lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
[adj] having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
[v] make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"

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Dizzy In Webster's Dictionary

\Diz"zy\ (d[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [Compar. {Dizzier}
(-z[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Dizziest}.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi,
foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d["u]sig dizzy, OD. deuzig,
duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG.
dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan.
d["o]sig drowsy, slepy, d["o]se to make dull, drowsy, d["o]s
dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[=ae]s foolish, G. thor
fool. [root]71. Cf. {Daze}, {Doze}.]
1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a
   tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused;
   indistinct.

         Alas! his brain was dizzy.            --Drayton.

2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

         To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy
         ladder.                               --Macaulay.

3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless;
   heedless. ``The dizzy multitude.'' --Milton.


\Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dizzying}.]
To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

      If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy
      understanding.                           --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

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