dizzy
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈdɪzi/
- Informal
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- He was feeling dizzy during the roller coaster ride.
- make me dizzy
- get dizzy
- feel dizzy
Examples
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She felt a bit dizzy after spinning around in circles.
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Just thinking of the way she lives makes me dizzy.
Fiction book (1996) -
"I was just dizzy for a moment."
Fiction book (1993) -
To this day, she claims she was "just a little dizzy."
Fiction book (1998) -
I thought you were dizzy," he chuckled.
Fiction book (1994) -
Chris, you're making me dizzy.
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I'm dizzy with anticipation.
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During lockdown I reached dizzy heights of gluttony and greed and laziness.
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After staying up too late, I woke up feeling dizzy and unfocused.
Synonyms
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Not sensible and often a little foolish
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4.4
Acting silly and playful without being serious
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8.2
Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way
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8.2
Being silly and a little strange in a friendly way
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6.3
Silly, not very intelligent and not serious
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5.6
Not serious or sensible and often acting silly
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5.0
Being silly and not serious in behavior
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7.9
Not thinking carefully and often acting silly
Not serious and likely to make bad choices
Antonyms
Compounds
How Silly
- Offensive
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7.3
9
7.4
- Informal
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3.9
- Informal
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4.4
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1.6
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3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dizzy comes from an old English word dysig meaning 'foolish' or 'giddy', so calling someone dizzy is like saying their head is light and they act a bit silly. That's why dizzy can mean 'scatterbrained' or not serious.