diz·zy
(dĭźē)
[Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.]
adjective: -zi·er, -zi·est.
- Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See synonyms at giddy
- Bewildered or confused.
- Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.
- Caused by giddiness; reeling.
- Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid: “The American language had begun its dizzy onward march before the Revolution” (H.L. Mencken)
- Slang Scatterbrained or silly.
transitive verb: -zied, -zy·ing, -zies.
- To make dizzy.
- To confuse or bewilder.
derivatives
- diźzi·ly
- adverb
- diźzi·ness
- noun
- diźzy·ing·ly
- adverb