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

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

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

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

dizzy
adj dizzy [ˈdizi]
1 giddy or confused If you spin round and round like that, you'll make yourself dizzy. duiselig, dronk, lighoofdig مُصاب بِدُوار замаян mající závrať svimmel; rundtosset; ør schwindelig ζαλισμένος mareado oimetu دچار سرگیجه pyörryksissä pris de vertige חָש סְחַרחוֹרֶת भौचक्का omamljen, vrtoglav szédülő pusing með svima (che ha le vertigini) めまいがする 핑핑 도는, 어지러운 apsvaigęs apreibis pening duizelig svimmel, ør, fortumlet mający zawroty głowy, oszołomiony tonto ameţit испытывающий головокружение mať závrat vrtoglav ošamućen yr i huvudet, snurrig เวียนศีรษะ başı dönen, sersemlemiş 頭暈目眩的 запаморочливий چکرایا ہوا hoa mắt
2 causing dizziness dizzy heights. duiselingwekkende مُسَبِّب الدُّوار/ الدَّوْخَه зашеметяващ působící závrať svimlende schwindelerregend ιλιγγιώδης vertiginoso peadpööritav سرگیجه آور pyörryttävä vertigineux גוֹרֶם סְחַרחוֹרֶת चक्कर से आक्रांत uzrokovati vrtoglavicu szédítő memusingkan svimandi vertiginoso 目がくらむような 현기증 나는, 아찔한 svaiginantis reibinošs (par augstumu u.tml.) gayat duizelingwekkend svimlende powodujący zawroty głowy vertiginoso ameţitor головокружительный závratný vrtoglav vrtoglav svindlande ทำให้วิงเวียน baş döndüren 使人頭暈的 приголомшливий دوران سر پیدا کرنا chóng mặt; choáng váng 使
adv dizzily
duiselig بِدُوار замаяно závratně svimmelt schwindelig ζαλισμένα vertiginosamente peadpööritavalt با گیجی؛ بطور منگ pyörryttävästi vertigineusement בְּאוֹפֶן מְסַחרֵר चकराया हुआ vrtoglavo (el)szédülten dengan pusing svimandi; geysilega vertiginosamente くらくらして 어지럽게 svaiginamai reibinoši dengan peningnya duizelig fortumlet, svimlende zawrotnie aturdidamente (în mod) ameţitor головокружительно závratne vrtoglavo ošamućeno snurrigt, svindlande อย่างเวียนศีรษะ baş döndürücü şekilde 茫然地 запаморочливо چکر پیدا کرنے والے انداز میں một cách chóng mặt; choáng váng 茫然
n dizziness
duiseligheid دُوار، دَوْخَه замаяност závrať svimmelhed der Schwindel ζάλη mareo, vértigo peapööritus گیجش؛ منگی huimaus vertige(s) סְחַרחוֹרֶת घूमती, चक्कर vrtoglavica szédülés rasa pusing svimi vertigini 目まい 현기증 galvos svaigimas, svaigulys reibonis kepeningan duizeligheid svimmelhet zawrót głowy, oszołomienie vertigem ameţeală головокружение závrat vrtoglavost ošamućenost yrsel, svindel เวียนศีรษะ baş dönmesi 糊塗 запаморочення دوران سر sự chóng mặt; choáng váng


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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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