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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
a nervous, excited, or distracted state. British Obsolete. a sixpence. tizzy. / ˈtɪzɪ / noun. informal. a state of confusion, anxiety, or excitement Also calledtizztiz-wozˈtɪzˌwɒz.
tizzy in British English. (ˈtɪzɪ ) noun Word forms: plural -zies. informal. a state of confusion, anxiety, or excitement. Also called: tizz, tiz-woz (ˈtɪzˌwɒz ) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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.
