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dizzy

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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.

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

dizzi·ly adv.
dizzi·ness n.
dizzy·ing·ly adv.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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.dizzydizzy - 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"
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"
frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

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)
Translations
Spanish dizzy [ˈdɪzɪ] adj [person] → mareado; [height] → vertiginoso;
to feel dizzy → marearse;
I feel dizzy → estoy mareado

French 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

German dizzy [ˈdɪzɪ] adjschwind(e)lig;
(turn, spell) → Schwindel-;
(height) → schwindelerregend;
I feel dizzy → mir ist or ich bin schwind(e)lig

Italian 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

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The inky ragged wrack, flying before a nor'-west wind, makes you dizzy with its headlong speed that depicts the rush of the invisible air.
Perhaps dizzy isn't just the right word, but it's nearest.
They lurked for me in the forest glades; leaped up, striking, under my feet; squirmed off through the dry grass or across naked patches of rock; or pursued me into the tree-tops, encircling the trunks with their great shining bodies, driving me higher and higher or farther and farther out on swaying and crackling branches, the ground a dizzy distance beneath me.
 
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