Diz·zy a. [Compar. Dizzier superl. Dizziest.]
1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
Alas! his brain was dizzy. --Drayton.
2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. --Macaulay.
3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. “The dizzy multitude.”
dizzy
adj 1: 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" [syn: giddy,
woozy, vertiginous]
2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
"light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded,
empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed,
lightheaded, silly]
v : make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"
[also: dizzied, dizziest, dizzier]