(tizzy)

  • 11tizzy — the coolest; the best of the best Man that shirt is tizzy! …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 12tizzy — also tizz noun (singular) informal in a tizzy feeling worried, nervous, and confused …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13tizzy — Noun. A confused, flustered state. E.g. She was all emotional and in a tizzy. Informal …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 14tizzy — /ˈtɪzi / (say tizee) Colloquial –noun (plural tizzies) 1. → tizz. –adjective (tizzier, tizziest) 2. gaudy, vulgar; tinselly. –phrase (tizzied, tizzying) 3. tizzy up, to titivate (a person) or decorate (a thing) in a cheap and showy way: the… …

  • 15tizzy — n. (pl. ies) (also tizz, tiz) colloq. a state of nervous agitation (in a tizzy). Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16tizzy — noun (plural tizzies) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1935 a highly excited and distracted state of mind …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17tizzy — /tiz ee/, n., pl. tizzies. 1. Slang. a. a dither. b. a nervous, excited, or distracted state. 2. Brit. Obs. a sixpence. [1795 1805; orig. uncert.] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 18tizzy — noun A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither. Syn: dither, upset …

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  • 19tizzy — Synonyms and related words: befuddlement, bewilderment, bother, botheration, chaos, cloud, confusion, daze, discombobulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorientation, disturbance, dither, embarrassment …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20Tizzy — 1. state of somewhat hysterical confusion and anxiety, often expressed in frantic but ineffectual activity: Don t get in a tizz ; 2. gaudy; vulgar; tinselly …

    Dictionary of Australian slang