dizzy

/ˈdɪzi/

/ˈdɪzi/

Other forms: dizzying; dizzied; dizzyingly; dizziest; dizzier; dizzies

When you're dizzy, you have a spinning or woozy sensation — you might even feel like you'l fall over. You'll probably feel dizzy for a while when you get off the whirling tea cup ride at the fair.

Some people feel dizzy when they're up high, either on a ladder or at the top of a tall building or bridge. Others only get dizzy when they're coming down with the flu or after riding on the merry-go-round at the park. Another way to be dizzy is to be silly or frivolous: "I can't take him seriously, he's just so dizzy all the time." Dizzy comes from the Old English dysig, "foolish or stupid."

Definitions of dizzy

1. adjective

   having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
   “had a dizzy spell”

   “a dizzy pinnacle”

   synonyms: giddy, vertiginous, woozy

   ill, sick

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
2. adjective

   lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
   synonyms: airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly

   frivolous

   not serious in content or attitude or behavior
3. verb

   make dizzy or giddy
   “a dizzying pace”

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation