Definition of DIZZY

dizzy

Plural: dizzies

Verb

Verb Forms: dizzied, dizzying, dizzies

  • To make someone feel unsteady, confused, or lightheaded.
  • make dizzy or giddy
    • "a dizzying pace"
  • To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.

Adjective Satellite

  • having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
    • "had a dizzy spell"
    • "a dizzy pinnacle"
  • lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
    • "a dizzy blonde"

Adj

  • Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
  • Producing giddiness.
  • Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.
  • simple, half-witted.

Noun

  • A distributor (device in internal combustion engine).

Adjective

  • Having a sensation of spinning or losing balance; lightheaded.

Examples

  • His sudden, unexpected bingo was enough to DIZZY his opponent.
  • I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.
  • My new secretary is a dizzy blonde.
  • That triple-triple word score left her feeling DIZZY with excitement.
  • We climbed to a dizzy height.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dysy, desy, dusi, from Old English dysiġ (“stupid, foolish”), from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg (“stunned; dazed”), likely from the root of Proto-Germanic *dwēsaz (“foolish, stupid”).
Akin to West Frisian dize (“fog”), Dutch deusig, duizig (“dizzy”), duizelig (“dizzy”), German dösig (“sleepy; stupid”).

Synonyms

airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly, vertiginous, woozy, dizzying

Scrabble Score: 27

dizzy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dizzy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dizzy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

dizzy: valid Words With Friends Word