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- Dictionarytizzy/ˈtɪzi/
noun
- 1. a state of nervous excitement or agitation: informal "he got into a tizzy and was talking absolute tosh"
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a state of excitement or confusion: She’s in a tizzy because she locked her keys in the car.
noun. tiz· zy ˈti-zē. plural tizzies. Synonyms of tizzy. : a highly excited and distracted state of mind. Synonyms. dither. fluster. fret. fuss. huff. lather. pother. stew. sweat. swelter. swivet. twitter. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tizzy in a Sentence.
If you're feeling nervous and agitated, you're in a tizzy. If you dislike public speaking, you might be in a tizzy about an upcoming presentation you're giving at school. The noun tizzy can be positive or negative.
a state of excitement or confusion: She’s in a tizzy because she locked her keys in the car.
Define tizzy. tizzy synonyms, tizzy pronunciation, tizzy translation, English dictionary definition of tizzy. n. pl. tiz·zies Slang A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
a nervous, excited, or distracted state. British Obsolete. a sixpence. tizzy. / ˈtɪzɪ / noun. informal. a state of confusion, anxiety, or excitement Also calledtizztiz-wozˈtɪzˌwɒz. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of tizzy 1. First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of tizzy 1.
a state of confusion, anxiety, or excitement. Also called: tizz, tiz-woz (ˈtɪzˌwɒz ) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: of unknown origin. Word Frequency. tizzy in American English. (ˈtɪzi ) US. noun Word forms: plural ˈtizzies. Informal. a state of frenzied excitement, esp. over some trivial matter.
noun. A state of frenzied excitement, esp. over some trivial matter. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (UK, slang, archaic) A sixpence; a tester. Wiktionary. Synonyms: fuss. pother. flap. dither. swivet. sweat. state. snit. fume. Other Word Forms of Tizzy. Noun. Singular: tizzy. Plural: tizzies. Origin of Tizzy. Unknown. American, 1935.
Definition of tizzy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English tiz‧zy /ˈtɪzi/ (also tizz /tɪz/) noun [ singular] informal → in a tizzy Examples from the Corpus tizzy • Alvin was in a big tizzy.
