DIZZY

airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly

(adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; “a dizzy blonde”; “light-headed teenagers”; “silly giggles”

dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous

(adjective) 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”

dizzy

(verb) make dizzy or giddy; “a dizzying pace”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

dizzy (comparative dizzier, superlative dizziest)

Having a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded.

Producing giddiness.

Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.

Verb

dizzy (third-person singular simple present dizzies, present participle dizzying, simple past and past participle dizzied)

(transitive) To make dizzy, to bewilder.

Source: Wiktionary


Diz"zy, a. [Compar. Dizzier; superl. Dizziest.] Etym: [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy, döse to make dull, drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw foolish, G. thor fool. 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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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