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   dizzy

   /ˈdɪzi/

   adjective

   • 1. having or involving a sensation of spinning around and losing one's balance: "Jonathan had begun to suffer dizzy spells" Similar giddylight-headedfaintweakweak at the kneesunsteadyshakywobblyoff-balancereelingstaggeringtotteringteeteringinformal:woozywith legs like jellywith rubbery legsrare:vertiginousdazedconfusedmuddledbefuddledbewildereddisorienteddisorientatedstupefiedgroggyinformal:woozymuzzydopeywoollywoolly-headednot with itdiscombobulatedOpposite clear-headed
   • ▪ causing a disorienting sensation of spinning around and losing one's balance: "a sheer, dizzy drop" Similar giddy-makingdizzy-makingcausing dizzinesscausing giddinessrare:vertiginous
   • ▪ silly or scatterbrained (typically used of a woman): "a dizzy blonde" Similar sillyfoolishgiddylight-headedscatterbrainedfeather-brainedhare-brainedempty-headedvacuousstupidbrainlessskittishflightyficklecapriciouswhimsicalinconstantinformal:dippydopeynuttydappybattydottyscattyditzyOpposite sensibleintelligent

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel unsteady, confused, or amazed: "her nearness dizzied him"

   Word Origin Old Englishdysig ‘foolish’, of West Germanic origin; related to Low German dusig, dösig ‘giddy’ and Old High German tusic ‘foolish, weak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dizzily adverb

   Scrabble Points: 27

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