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Dizzy   /dˈɪzi/   Listen
adjective
Dizzy  adj.  (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."
2.
Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo. "To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder."
3.
Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude."



verb
Dizzy  v. t.  (past & past part. dizzied; pres. part. dizzying)  To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. "If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding."





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"Dizzy" Quotes from Famous Books



... swooped down upon the swans, screeched in their ears, and obstructed their view with the flutter of their tiny wings. They made them dizzy with their fluttering and drove them to distraction with their cries of ...
— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof
 
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... especially doggoned lonely at a time like this, when I am pretty near locoed from havin' to stall indoors, and hence it was with delight I welcomed your first appearance in this here shack. Since then I have been packed jam full of more different kinds of feelings, ornery, mean, dizzy, and superb, than has fallen ...
— Waifs and Strays - Part 1 • O. Henry
 
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... depression Shad assisted Manikawan to stretch the deerskin covering upon the lodge, while Mookoomahn gathered wood for the fire. Clumsy with weakness, dizzy with disappointment, Shad reached to spread the skin, his snowshoes became entangled, he stumbled and fell. When he attempted to rise he discovered to his dismay that he had wrenched a knee, and when he attempted to walk he was scarcely able ...
— The Gaunt Gray Wolf - A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob • Dillon Wallace
 
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... Accolon, that rushing up, all dizzy, to deliver once again a furious blow, even as he struck, Excalibur, by Vivien's magic, fell from out his hands upon the earth. Beholding which, King Arthur lightly sprang to it, and grasped it, and forthwith felt it was his own good sword, and said to it, "Thou hast been from ...
— The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights • James Knowles
 
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... down this evening. My value then does not quite reach to a pinch of snuff standard. To come to explanation: a merchant offered me a pinch of snuff, and to please him, I took a large pinch, pushing a portion of it up my nostrils. Immediately I fell dizzy and sick, and in a short time, vomited violently. The people stared at me with astonishment, and were terrified out of their wits, and thought I was about to give up the ghost. They never saw snuff before produce such terrible effects. After some time, I got a little better and returned home. ...
— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson
 
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