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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. make dizzy or giddy;
- Example: "a dizzying pace"


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;
- Example: "had a dizzy spell"
- Example: "a dizzy pinnacle"
- Example: "had a headache and felt giddy"
- Example: "a giddy precipice"
- Example: "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"
- Example: "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
[syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous]

2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;
- Example: "a dizzy blonde"
- Example: "light-headed teenagers"
- Example: "silly giggles"
[syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dizzy \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizzied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Dizzying.]
   To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
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         If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy
         understanding.                           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dizzy \Diz"zy\ (d[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [Compar. Dizzier
   (d[i^]z"z[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi, disi,
   desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d["u]sig dizzy, OD.
   deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be
   dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig,
   dizzy, Dan. d["o]sig drowsy, slepy, d["o]se to make dull,
   drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[=ae]s
   foolish, G. thor fool. [root]71. Cf. Daze, Doze.]
   1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a
      tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused;
      indistinct.
      [1913 Webster]

            Alas! his brain was dizzy.            --Drayton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
      [1913 Webster]

            To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy
            ladder.                               --Macaulay.
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   3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless;
      heedless. "The dizzy multitude." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: dizzy, giddy, woozy,
           vertiginous]
    2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
       "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded,
       dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-
       headed, lightheaded, silly]
    v 1: make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"