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adjective dit·zy \ ˈdit-sē \

variants: or ditsy

Definition of ditzy

ditzier or ditsier; ditsiest

:eccentrically silly, giddy, or inane :dizzy

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ditziness

or ditsiness play \-nəs\ noun

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Examples of ditzy in a Sentence

tried to have a serious conversation with her, but she kept saying ditzy things like “Ooh, you're so cute!”

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Cory became buddies with Newt, the ditzy blonde who's the son of a senator and Chief Justice, and Meena, the daughter of the Bahavian ambassador.

— gabe bergado, Teen Vogue, ""Cory in the House's" Sophie Is All Grown Up," 2 Aug. 2017
Mason is a superb Glinda, her hypermanic physical presence beautifully buoyed by her ditzy persona, while Vosk is mesmerizing as her one-time rival, sometime bosom buddy, and eventual enemy.

— tirdad derakhshani, Philly.com, "'Wicked': Delicious take on 'The Wizard of Oz' is a A fantastic frenzy of song and movement," 28 July 2017
My love of crystals has lead me to embrace all kinds of mindful, spiritual habits, which happen to fit in perfectly with my hippie-dippie (if slightly ditzy) personality.

— rachel jacoby zoldan, SELF, "I Love Healing Crystals Even Though I Know They Don't Do Anything," 28 June 2017
Deputy Chief Hawk of the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department is taking cues from bizarre phone calls from the Log Lady and getting sidetracked by one-liners from his ditzy secretary, Lucy.

— viv groskop, Newsweek, "Twin Peaks Review: Was the 21st-Century Update of David Lynch's Show Worth the Wait?," 30 May 2017
Hawn delivers a matronly, toned-down version of her ditzy shtick, and Schumer, who has yet to find the right footing for her subversive talents in the movies, dutifully enacts her own potty-mouthed persona.

— peter rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, "Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn team up for ‘Snatched’," 12 May 2017
King Kong (1976) The 1976 remake of King Kong made the leering, heavy-breathing sexual subtext of the first film into text by featuring a heroine (Jessica Lange as ditzy actress Dwan—yes, not Dawn) who is practically sex incarnate.

— nathan rabin, VanityFair.com, "The Monkey and the Metaphor: What Every King Kong Movie Is Really About," 13 Mar. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of ditzy

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First Known Use: 1974

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ditzy Synonyms

Synonyms

birdbrained, giddy (or ditsy), dizzy, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, futile, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, light-minded, puerile, scatterbrained, silly, yeasty

Antonyms

earnest, serious, serious-minded, sober, unfrivolous

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fatuous, foolish, inane, nonsensical, thoughtless, witless; crazy, daffy, daft, fruity; exuberant, flippant, fluttery, giggly, happy, light, lighthearted, playful; sappy, shallow, superficial

Near Antonyms

grave, melancholy, somber (or sombre), thoughtful; dignified, heavy, no-nonsense, sedate, severe, solemn, staid

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