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diz·zy

(dĭz′ē)

adj. diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est

1. Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall.

a. Bewildered or confused: "I was dizzy with anger and shame" (Amy Benson).

b. Slang Scatterbrained or silly.

3. Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.

4. Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid: "There he sat ... gabbing at his usual dizzy pace" (H.L. Mencken).

tr.v. diz·zied, diz·zy·ing, diz·zies

1. To cause to have a whirling sensation.

2. To confuse or bewilder.

[Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.]

diz′zi·ly adv.

diz′zi·ness n.

diz′zy·ing·ly adv.

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dizzy

(ˈdɪzɪ)

adj, -zier or -ziest

1. affected with a whirling or reeling sensation; giddy

2. (Psychology) mentally confused or bewildered

3. (Psychology) causing or tending to cause vertigo or bewilderment

4. informal foolish or flighty

vb, -zies, -zying or -zied

(tr) to make dizzy

[Old English dysig silly; related to Old High German tusīg weak, Old Norse dos quiet]

ˈdizzily adv

ˈdizziness n

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diz•zy

(ˈdɪz i)

adj. -zi•er, -zi•est, adj.

1. having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.

2. bewildered; confused.

3. causing giddiness or confusion: a dizzy height.

4. heedless; thoughtless.

5. Informal. foolish; silly.

v.t.

6. to make dizzy.

[before 900; Middle English dysy, Old English dysig foolish]

diz′zi•ly, adv.

diz′zi•ness, n.

dizzy

Past participle: dizzied
Gerund: dizzying

Imperative
dizzy
dizzy

Present
I dizzy
you dizzy
he/she/it dizzies
we dizzy
you dizzy
they dizzy

Preterite
I dizzied
you dizzied
he/she/it dizzied
we dizzied
you dizzied
they dizzied

Present Continuous
I am dizzying
you are dizzying
he/she/it is dizzying
we are dizzying
you are dizzying
they are dizzying

Present Perfect
I have dizzied
you have dizzied
he/she/it has dizzied
we have dizzied
you have dizzied
they have dizzied

Past Continuous
I was dizzying
you were dizzying
he/she/it was dizzying
we were dizzying
you were dizzying
they were dizzying

Past Perfect
I had dizzied
you had dizzied
he/she/it had dizzied
we had dizzied
you had dizzied
they had dizzied

Future
I will dizzy
you will dizzy
he/she/it will dizzy
we will dizzy
you will dizzy
they will dizzy

Future Perfect
I will have dizzied
you will have dizzied
he/she/it will have dizzied
we will have dizzied
you will have dizzied
they will have dizzied

Future Continuous
I will be dizzying
you will be dizzying
he/she/it will be dizzying
we will be dizzying
you will be dizzying
they will be dizzying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dizzying
you have been dizzying
he/she/it has been dizzying
we have been dizzying
you have been dizzying
they have been dizzying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dizzying
you will have been dizzying
he/she/it will have been dizzying
we will have been dizzying
you will have been dizzying
they will have been dizzying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dizzying
you had been dizzying
he/she/it had been dizzying
we had been dizzying
you had been dizzying
they had been dizzying

Conditional
I would dizzy
you would dizzy
he/she/it would dizzy
we would dizzy
you would dizzy
they would dizzy

Past Conditional
I would have dizzied
you would have dizzied
he/she/it would have dizzied
we would have dizzied
you would have dizzied
they would have dizzied

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Verb	1.	dizzy - make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Adj.	1.	dizzy - having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "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" giddy, vertiginous, woozy ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	2.	dizzy - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

dizzy

adjective

1. giddy, faint, light-headed, swimming, reeling, staggering, shaky, wobbly, off balance, unsteady, vertiginous, woozy (informal), weak at the knees She felt slightly dizzy.

2. confused, dazzled, at sea, bewildered, muddled, bemused, dazed, disorientated, befuddled, light-headed, punch-drunk, fuddled Her wonderful dark good looks and wit made me dizzy.

3. (Informal) scatterbrained, silly, foolish, frivolous, giddy, capricious, forgetful, flighty, light-headed, scatty (Brit. informal), empty-headed, bird-brained (informal), featherbrained, ditzy or ditsy (slang) a charmingly dizzy grandmother

4. steep, towering, soaring, lofty, sky-high, vertiginous, dizzy-making, giddy-making I escalated to the dizzy heights.

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dizzy

adjective

1. Having a sensation of whirling or falling:

giddy, lightheaded, reeling, vertiginous, woozy.

2. Producing dizziness or vertigo:

dizzying, giddy, vertiginous.

3. Slang. Given to lighthearted silliness:

empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, giddy, harebrained, lighthearted, scatterbrained, silly.

Informal: gaga.

Slang: birdbrained.

verb

To cause to be unclear in mind or intent:

addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, jumble, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle.

Informal: throw.

Idiom: make one's head reel.

Translations

دائِخمُسَبِّب الدُّوارمُصاب بِدُوار

mající závraťmít závraťpůsobící závrať

svimmelørrundtosset

schwindelig schwindelerregend

ζαλισμένος

mareado vertiginosomareador

huimaavapyörryksissä olevatyhmä

étourdi pris de vertige vertigineux

omamljen

szédítõ

meî svimasvimandi

altezza vertiginosa che ha le vertigini stordimento stordito stranito

めまいがする

현기증 나는

galvos svaigimassvaiginamaisvaiginantissvaigulys

apreibisreibinošs

испытывающий головокружение

mať závratzávratný

vrtoglav

snurrig

เวียนศีรษะ

baş döndürenbaşı dönenbaşı dönmüşsersemlemiş

chóng mặt

使人头晕的头晕目眩的晕眩的

dizzy

A. [ˈdɪzɪ] ADJ (dizzier (compar) (dizziest (superl)))

1. (= giddy) [person] → mareado
to feel dizzy (because ill, drunk etc) → estar mareado, marearse
if I look down I feel dizzy → si miro hacia abajo me da vértigo
changes in altitude make you dizzy → los cambios de altitud causan mareo or hacen que te mareas
you're making me dizzy → me estás mareando
this drug may make you dizzy → este medicamento puede provocarle mareos
it makes one dizzy to think of it → marea sólo de pensarlo
she had a dizzy spell → tuvo or le dio un mareo
to be dizzy with success → estar borracho de éxito

2. (fig) [pace, speed] → vertiginoso
she rose to the dizzy heights of director's secretary → ascendió ni más ni menos que al puesto de secretaria del director

3. (= scatterbrained) → atolondrado

B. VT (= confuse) → aturdir
they had been dizzied by the pace of technological change → el ritmo del cambio tecnológico les había aturdido

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dizzy

[ˈdɪzi] adj

[person] (physically) to feel dizzy → avoir la tête qui tourne
I feel dizzy → J'ai la tête qui tourne.
to make sb dizzy → donner le vertige à qn

[spell] → de vertige
She keeps having dizzy spells → Elle ne cesse d'avoir des accès de vertige.

[height] → vertigineux/euse
the dizzy heights of ... (fig) → les sommets vertigineux de ...
to reach the dizzy heights of ... → atteindre les sommets vertigineux de ...

(= scatterbrained) [woman] → écervelé(e)

dizzy

adj (+er)

(= giddy) → schwindelig; I’m (feeling) dizzy → mir ist schwindelig (from von); she started to feel dizzy → ihr wurde schwindelig; dizzy spell → Schwindelanfall m; it makes me dizzy to think of it → mir wird ganz schwindelig bei dem Gedanken; she was dizzy with success → der Erfolg hatte sie benommen gemacht; when you’re dizzy with desire → wenn dir vor Begehren ganz schwindelig ist

(fig) height, speed → schwindelerregend; to rise to dizzy heights → zu schwindelerregenden Höhen aufsteigen

(= foolish) person → hirnlos; action → verrückt; delightfully dizzy → herrlich verrückt; a dizzy blonde → ein dummes Blondchen (inf)

vt person → verwirren

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dizzy

[ˈdɪzɪ] adj (height) → vertiginoso/a
I am or feel dizzy → ho il capogiro, mi gira la testa
to make sb dizzy → far girare la testa a qn
the height made me dizzy → la grande altezza mi ha dato le vertigini

dizzy

(ˈdizi) adjective

1. giddy or confused. If you spin round and round like that, you'll make yourself dizzy.

2. causing dizziness. dizzy heights.

ˈdizzily adverb

ˈdizziness noun

dizzy

→ دائِخ mít závrať svimmel schwindelig ζαλισμένος mareado, vertiginoso pyörryksissä oleva étourdi omamljen stordito めまいがする 현기증 나는 duizelig svimmel czujący zawrót głowy tonto, vertiginoso испытывающий головокружение snurrig เวียนศีรษะ başı dönmüş chóng mặt 晕眩的

dizzy

a. mareado-a.

dizzy

adj (comp -zier; super -ziest) mareado; to make (one) — dar(le) mareo

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That I may NOT turn dizzy, however, bind me fast, my friends, to this pillar!

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The inky ragged wrack, flying before a nor'-west wind, makes you dizzy with its headlong speed that depicts the rush of the invisible air.

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"Does color make you sort of dizzy?" asked Rebecca.

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They lurked for me in the forest glades; leaped up, striking, under my feet; squirmed off through the dry grass or across naked patches of rock; or pursued me into the tree-tops, encircling the trunks with their great shining bodies, driving me higher and higher or farther and farther out on swaying and crackling branches, the ground a dizzy distance beneath me.

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It is rather dizzy work to look on, and the room is very warm; shall we walk about a little?"

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

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When we reached the opening at the top Tars Tarkas drew to one side that I might pass out and investigate, as, owing to my lesser weight and greater agility, I was better fitted for the perilous threading of this dizzy, hanging pathway.

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Young as she was, I was struck, throughout our little tour, with her confidence and courage with the way, in empty chambers and dull corridors, on crooked staircases that made me pause and even on the summit of an old machicolated square tower that made me dizzy, her morning music, her disposition to tell me so many more things than she asked, rang out and led me on.

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However--to be exact--there is one place where the serenity lapses for a while; this is while one is crossing the Schnurrtobel Bridge, a frail structure which swings its gossamer frame down through the dizzy air, over a gorge, like a vagrant spider-strand.

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Gub-Gub was a bit scared, walking on such a narrow bridge at that dizzy height above the river.

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There was a darkness; then a dizzy, sickening sensation of sight that was not like seeing; I saw a Line that was no Line; Space that was not Space: I was myself, and not myself.

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He knew it by every shrinking fibre in his body, he knew it by the sudden dizzy whirling of his brain, at the mere thought of that calamity.