DIZZY (dizzied, dizzier, dizziest)

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Irregular inflected forms: dizzied    , dizzier    , dizziest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dizzy mean? 

• DIZZY (adjective)
  The adjective DIZZY has 2 senses:

1. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

  Familiarity information: DIZZY used as an adjective is rare.

• DIZZY (verb)
  The verb DIZZY has 1 sense:

1. make dizzy or giddy

  Familiarity information: DIZZY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIZZY (adjective)

Comparative: dizzier   
Superlative: dizziest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

Synonyms:

dizzy; giddy; vertiginous; woozy

Context example:

a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

dizziness (a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

Synonyms:

airheaded; dizzy; empty-headed; featherbrained; giddy; light-headed; lightheaded; silly

Context example:

silly giggles

Similar:

frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)

• DIZZY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make dizzy or giddy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

a dizzying pace

Hypernyms (to "dizzy" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

"Sure, an' it's dizzy I am," he laughed weakly.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you felt faint, dizzy or foggy when you stand up after sitting or lying down?

(MDS-UPDRS - Lightheadedness on Standing, NCI Thesaurus)

Motion sickness can also make you dizzy.

(Dizziness and Vertigo, NIH)

I am yet dizzy with the remembrance of it.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This did not hurt the Scarecrow, but it surprised him, and he looked rather dizzy when Dorothy picked him up.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Have you ever felt dizzy, lightheaded, or as if the room is spinning around you?

(Balance Problems, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

I stumbled over an obstacle: my head was still dizzy, my sight was dim, and my limbs were feeble.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Maud was only faint and dizzy, and I left her lying on the deck when I took my second plunge below.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was made dizzy by the swarming of them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I felt a prod at the back of my neck, and turned dizzy with the shock.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)