dizzy (redirected from dizzies)

diz·zy  (dz)

adj. diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est

1. Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See Synonyms at giddy.

2. Bewildered or confused.

3.

a. Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.

b. Caused by giddiness; reeling.

4. Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid: "The American language had begun its dizzy onward march before the Revolution" H.L. Mencken.

5. Slang Scatterbrained or silly.

tr.v. diz·zied, diz·zy·ing, diz·zies

1. To make dizzy.

2. To confuse or bewilder.

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[Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.]

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dizzi·ly adv.

dizzi·ness n.

dizzy·ing·ly adv.

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dizzy

Adjective

[-zier, -ziest]

1. feeling giddy

2. unable to think clearly; confused

3. tending to cause giddiness or confusion

Verb

[-zies, -zying, -zied]

to cause to feel giddy or confused [Old English dysig silly]

dizzily adv
dizziness n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dizzy - make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Adj.	1.	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, vertiginous, woozy ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	2.	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

adjective 1. giddy, faint, light-headed, swimming, reeling, staggering, shaky, wobbly, off balance, unsteady, vertiginous, woozy (informal) weak at the knees

adjective 2. confused, dazzled, at sea, bewildered, muddled, bemused, dazed, disorientated, befuddled, light-headed, punch-drunk, fuddled

adjective 3. (Informal) scatterbrained, silly, foolish, frivolous, giddy, capricious, forgetful, flighty, light-headed, scatty Brit. (informal) empty-headed, bird-brained (informal) featherbrained, ditzy or ditsy (slang)

adjective 4. steep, towering, soaring, lofty, sky-high, vertiginous

Translations

dizzy [ˈdɪzɪ] adj [person] → mareado; [height] → vertiginoso;

to feel dizzy → marearse;

I feel dizzy → estoy mareado

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dizzy [ˈdɪzɪ] adj [height] → vertigineux/euse;

to make sb dizzy → donner le vertige à qn;

I feel dizzy → la tête me tourne, j'ai la tête qui tourne

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dizzy [ˈdɪzɪ] adj → schwind(e)lig;

(turn, spell) → Schwindel-;

(height) → schwindelerregend;

I feel dizzy → mir ist or ich bin schwind(e)lig

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dizzy [ˈdɪzɪ] adj [height] → vertiginoso/a;

to make sb dizzy → far girare la testa a qn;

to feel dizzy → avere il capogiro;

I feel dizzy → mi gira la testa, ho il capogiro