Thesaurus: dizzy

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1. superl. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
2. superl. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
3. superl. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.
4. v. t. To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
5. adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
6. adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
7. v. make dizzy or giddy
8. 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." Milton. To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. Sir W. Scott.
9. To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. SirW. Scott.
10. j:100 v. make dizzy or giddy s. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling