Definition of dizzy Dizzy

/dɪˈzi/ - [dizee] - diz•zy

We found 15 definitions of dizzy from 6 different sources.

What does dizzy mean?

Verb dizzies, dizzying, dizzied
dizzy - make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
Adjective dizzy, dizzier, dizziest
dizzy - 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"
		giddy, woozy, vertiginous
		ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
dizzy - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
		airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
		frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

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dizzy (Verb)
To make dizzy, to bewilder.
dizzy (Adjective)
Having a sensation of turning around; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded.
dizzy (Adjective)
Producing giddiness.
dizzy (Adjective)
empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous.

dizzy (superl.)
Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
dizzy (superl.)
Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
dizzy (superl.)
Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.
dizzy (v. t.)
To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

dizzy
In a state in which a group of people is continuously making silly jokes, that can nevertheless lead to laughing fits as a reaction. Under the right circumstances, the state can maintain itself or be induced in others contageously. The use of weed (Cannabis sativa) promotes the state in some individuals, but it can also be induced by a joke or reference to an (earlier) funny event.
dizzy
Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall.

dizzy
diz′i, adj. giddy: confused: causing giddiness.—v.t. to make dizzy: to confuse.—adv. Dizz′ily.—n. Dizz′iness, giddiness.—p.adj. Dizz′ying, making dizzy. [A.S. dysig, foolish, allied to dwaes, stupid; cf. Dan. dösig; drowsy; also Daze, Doze.]

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