dizzy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make dizzy or giddy
    • a dizzying pace
  2. adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
    giddy; vertiginous; woozy.
    • 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
  3. adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
    giddy; featherbrained; airheaded; lightheaded; empty-headed; light-headed; silly.
    • a dizzy blonde
    • light-headed teenagers
    • silly giggles

WordNet

Diz"zy adjective
Etymology
OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy, döse to make dull, drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dws foolish, G. thor fool. . Cf. Daze, Doze.
Wordforms
comparative Dizzier ; superlative Dizziest
Definitions
  1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
    Alas! his brain was dizzy. Drayton.
  2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
    To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. Macaulay.
  3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude." Milton.
Diz"zy transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dizzied ; present participle & verbal noun Dizzying
Definitions
  1. To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
    If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913