TIZZY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tizzy mean? 

• TIZZY (noun)
  The noun TIZZY has 1 sense:

1. an excited state of agitation

  Familiarity information: TIZZY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIZZY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An excited state of agitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dither; flap; fuss; pother; tizzy

Context example:

there was a terrible flap about the theft

Hypernyms ("tizzy" is a kind of...):

agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)

 Context examples 

“It’s a hundred to a tizzy on Gloucester!”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)