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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dizzy

/(dĭz"zy̆)/ · Diz·zy · IPA /ˈdɪzi/
01 a. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
  1. 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. 2.
    Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
    “To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder.” — Macaulay.
  3. 3.
    Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.
02 v. t. To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
imp. & p. p. Dizzied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying
  1. 1.
    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.