plural tizzies
: a highly excited and distracted state of mind
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Examples of tizzy in a Sentence
She's always getting in a tizzy over minor things.
all in a tizzy because she can't find her car keys
Recent Examples on the Web
The fact that her latest ends with a cliffhanger involving a file containing damaging insider information has a lot of actual intelligence-agency bigwigs in a tizzy.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
The group goes into a tizzy when Kathy Hilton arrives and Sutton has a medical emergency.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
Ever since the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the baseball world into a tizzy with the acquisitions of both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the biggest free agents remaining have stagnated.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
Naturally, this all sent social media into a tizzy, with both artists’ respective fan bases rallying around their faves while more casual listeners picked their sides.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
The actor stars in Calvin Klein’s new underwear campaign, and the images that came out of it immediately sent the World Wide Web into a tizzy.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
James posts a mix of beauty, hair care, family, and self-care content on her Instagram feed, but what currently has us in a tizzy is her luxurious palatial bathroom housed within the expansive James estate in Los Angeles, inspiring us to level up our self-care routines.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
An excerpt from Hotel Chocolat in 2020 is the snippet in particular that sent the internet into a tizzy over the last few days.
—Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
TikTok filters like Bold Glamour and Lite Foundation had people in a tizzy mostly because, unlike filters we’re used to, these filters use nearly undetectable technology to change you into the hottest version of yourself.
—Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 27 Oct. 2023
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
The group goes into a tizzy when Kathy Hilton arrives and Sutton has a medical emergency.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
Ever since the Los Angeles Dodgers sent the baseball world into a tizzy with the acquisitions of both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the biggest free agents remaining have stagnated.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
Naturally, this all sent social media into a tizzy, with both artists’ respective fan bases rallying around their faves while more casual listeners picked their sides.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
The actor stars in Calvin Klein’s new underwear campaign, and the images that came out of it immediately sent the World Wide Web into a tizzy.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
James posts a mix of beauty, hair care, family, and self-care content on her Instagram feed, but what currently has us in a tizzy is her luxurious palatial bathroom housed within the expansive James estate in Los Angeles, inspiring us to level up our self-care routines.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
An excerpt from Hotel Chocolat in 2020 is the snippet in particular that sent the internet into a tizzy over the last few days.
—Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
TikTok filters like Bold Glamour and Lite Foundation had people in a tizzy mostly because, unlike filters we’re used to, these filters use nearly undetectable technology to change you into the hottest version of yourself.
—Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 27 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1935, in the meaning defined above
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“Tizzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tizzy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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