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tizzy
tiz·zy T0239800 (tĭz′ē)n. pl. tiz·zies Slang A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither.
[Origin unknown.]tizzy (ˈtɪzɪ) n, pl -ziesinformal a state of confusion, anxiety, or excitement. Also called: tizz or tiz-woz [C19: of unknown origin]tiz•zy (ˈtɪz i)
n., pl. -zies. Slang. a dither; nervous, excited, or distracted state. [1935–40, Amer.; orig. uncertain] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | tizzy - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"dither, fuss, pother, flapagitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance |
tizzynounSlang. A condition of excited distress:fume.Informal: snit, state, sweat, swivet.Translationstizzy
send (one) into a tizz(y)To cause one to enter a nervous, confused, agitated, or excited state. Preparing for board meetings always sends him into a tizzy, so just be prepared for a long couple of days. His incoherent tweet sent the Internet into a tizzy. The arrival of the pop star sent his fans into a tizz.See also: sendthrow (one) into a tizz(y)To cause one to enter a nervous, confused, agitated, or excited state. Preparing for board meetings always throws him into a tizzy, so just be prepared for a long couple of days. His incoherent tweet threw the Internet into a tizzy. The arrival of the pop star threw his fans into a tizz.See also: throwbe in a tizz(y)To be in a nervous, confused, agitated, or excited state. He's always in a tizzy before board meetings, so it's going to be a long couple of days. The Internet is in a tizzy over his incoherent tweet. The pop star's fans will be in a tizz when he arrives.get in(to) a tizz(y)To get into a nervous, confused, agitated, or excited state. He always gets in a tizzy before board meetings, so it's going to be a long couple of days. The Internet got in a tizzy over his incoherent tweet. The pop star's fans will get in a tizz when he arrives.See also: getin a ditherIn a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were in a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. The economy is still in a dither after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy.See also: ditherin a tizz(y)In a nervous, confused, agitated, or excited state. He's always in a tizzy before board meetings, so it's going to be a long couple of days. The Internet is in a tizzy over his incoherent tweet. The pop star's fans will be in a tizz when he arrives.in a ditherconfused; nervous; bothered. Mary is sort of in a dither lately. Don't get yourself in a dither.See also: dither*in a tizzyFig. in an excited and confused condition. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) John is in a tizzy because we're an hour late. Mary was in a tizzy when she couldn't find her keys.See also: tizzyin a ditherAlso, all of a dither; in a flutter or tizzy . In a state of tremulous agitation, as in Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb didderen, "to tremble"; in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s; in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin. See also: ditherbe/get in/into a ˈtizzy/ˈtizz (about something) (informal) be/become excited, nervous or confused, especially about something that is not important: He was in such a tizz about his homework.See also: get, tizz, tizzyin a dither mod. confused; undecided. Don’t get yourself in a dither. See also: ditherin a tizzy mod. in a state of mental disorder. Fred is all in a tizzy. See also: tizzytizzy (ˈtɪzi) n. a state of confusion. (see also twit.) The kind of tizzy that this place gets into drives me up the wall. tizzy
Synonyms for tizzynoun a condition of excited distressSynonymsSynonyms for tizzynoun an excited state of agitationSynonymsRelated Words |