DIZZY


Meaning of DIZZY in English

I. adjective

1.

Synonyms: giddy 1, bird-witted, empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, harebrained, scatterbrained, silly, skittish

Related Word: asinine, fatuous, foolish; inane

2.

affected by a sensation of being whirled about or around

the speed with which she dispatched her tasks made the onlookers dizzy

Synonyms: giddy, light, light-headed, swimming, swimmy, vertiginous

Related Word: reeling, whirling; bewildered, confounded, distracted, puzzled; addled, befuddled, confused, dazed, dazzled, fuddled, muddled

Idioms: with spots before one's eyes

3.

Synonyms: excessive 1, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable

II. verb

Synonyms: confuse 2, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, fluster, fuddle, mix up, muddle, throw off

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