Dizzy DIZZY, a. [G., dizziness; dizzy.]
1. Giddy; having a sensation of whirling in the head, with instability or proneness to fall; vertiginous.
2. Causing giddiness; as a dizzy highth.
3. Giddy; thoughtless; heedless; as the dizzy multitude.
DIZZY, v.t. To whirl round; to make giddy; to confuse.

dizzy adj 1: 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" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous] 2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed}, lightheaded, silly] v 1: make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"

dizzy I. adjective (dizzier; -est) Etymology: Middle English disy, from Old English dysig stupid; akin to Old High German tusig stupid Date: before 12th century 1. foolish, silly 2. a. having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall b. mentally confused 3. a. causing giddiness or mental confusion <dizzy heights> b. caused by or marked by giddiness c. extremely rapid <prices climbing at a dizzy rate> • dizzily adverb • dizziness noun II. transitive verb (dizzied; dizzying) Date: 1501 1. to make dizzy or giddy 2. bewilder <disasters that dizzy the mind> • dizzyingly adverb

dizzy
adj. & v.
--adj. (dizzier, dizziest)
1 a giddy, unsteady. b feeling confused.
2 causing giddiness (dizzy heights; dizzy speed).
--v.tr.
1 make dizzy.
2 bewilder.
Derivatives:
dizzily adv. dizziness n.
Etymology: OE dysig f. WG

dizzy ˈdɪzɪ adj. & v. --adj. (dizzier, dizziest) 1 a giddy, unsteady. b feeling confused. 2 causing giddiness (dizzy heights; dizzy speed). --v.tr. 1 make dizzy. 2 bewilder. øødizzily adv. dizziness n. [OE dysig f. WG]

Dizzy a nickname given to Benjamin Disraeli.

Dizzy \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.

Dizzy \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 ˈdɪzɪ adj. 1 giddy, vertiginous, light-headed, faint, dazed, tottering, unsteady, reeling, tipsy, Colloq woozy: I felt dizzy after going down the helter-skelter. 2 confused, silly, giddy, empty-headed, scatterbrained, muddled, befuddled, flighty, feather-headed, feather-brained, rattle-brained, hare-brained, frivolous: He is dizzy with power.

226 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, light-headed, lightheaded, 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

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