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dizzy

[ diz-ee ]

adjective

, diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est.
  1. having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
  2. causing giddiness or confusion:

    a dizzy height.

  3. Informal. foolish; silly.


verb (used with object)

, diz·zied, diz·zy·ing.
  1. to make dizzy.

dizzy

/ ˈdɪzɪ /

adjective

  1. affected with a whirling or reeling sensation; giddy
  2. mentally confused or bewildered
  3. causing or tending to cause vertigo or bewilderment
  4. informal.
    foolish or flighty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to make dizzy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdizzily, adverb
  • ˈdizziness, noun
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Other Words From

  • dizzi·ly adverb
  • dizzi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dizzy1

First recorded before 900; Middle English dysy, Old English dysig “foolish”; cognate with Low German düsig “stupefied”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dizzy1

Old English dysig silly; related to Old High German tusīg weak, Old Norse dos quiet
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Example Sentences

The velocity with which these creators deliver cultural references could make you dizzy, the jokes-per-minute rate approaches double digits and tart social commentary abounds.

From Time

Being able to toggle off features, especially if someone begins to feel dizzy or confused, can prevent a seizure.

A dizzy spell that prevented me from covering an NFL playoff game in January.

When I finally crested the ridge, my breath was coarse, and my head felt dizzy.

By the second week, which she describes as “the scariest and hardest on my body,” her chest was burning and she was dizzy.

Many are trippy, dizzy-making affairs that could pass for screensavers.

The New York Post quoted a source saying, “He had been taking blood pressure medication and had experienced some dizzy spells.”

Somebody must have gotten a little dizzy during his 2012 “Pivot to East Asia.”

“As a result, doing both exercise and a cleanse can leave you feeling tired, dizzy and nauseous,” she says.

At the end of their segment, the BBC commentator Hazel Irvine noted how dizzy they must be.

Indeed, to turn over his concertos, and see how he has fingered them alone, is enough to make you dizzy.

Again, he may grow faint and dizzy when he has climbed only a part of the way, or he may lose his hold from very weakness.

She began to feel less dizzy, and having paused for a moment on the landing, she succeeded in getting her coat on.

It was on a bare rock, surrounded by deep sea, that the streets of Tyre were piled up to a dizzy height.

They mounted through darkened chambers, up dizzy ladders, to the summit of the donjon.

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