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
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The quintet got Blockheads in a tizzy last year with the 15th anniversary of their reunion album, The Block, by way of a special edition The Block Revisited, including remixes and guest collaborations.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 May 2024
Soon a third friend, aspiring actor Elise (Merlant herself), rocks up from Paris still dressed like Marilyn Monroe, in an anxious tizzy over her smothering relationship with husband Paul (Christophe Montenez), who won’t stop calling every five minutes.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 May 2024
Soon a third friend, aspiring actor Elise (Merlant herself), rocks up from Paris still dressed like Marilyn Monroe, in an anxious tizzy over her smothering relationship with husband Paul (Christophe Montenez), who won’t stop calling every five minutes.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Tizzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tizzy. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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