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dizzy
 
SYLLABICATION:diz·zy
PRONUNCIATION:  dz
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est
1. Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See synonyms at giddy. 2. Bewildered or confused. 3a. 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.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: diz·zied, diz·zy·ing, diz·zies
1. To make dizzy. 2. To confuse or bewilder.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.
OTHER FORMS:dizzi·ly —ADVERB
dizzi·ness —NOUN
dizzy·ing·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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