dizzier; dizziest
2
a
: having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall
b
: mentally confused
3
a
: causing giddiness or mental confusion
dizzy heights
b
: caused by or marked by giddiness
c
: extremely rapid
prices climbing at a dizzy rate
dizzied; dizzying
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Adjective
The children were dizzy after spinning in circles.
I'm feeling a bit weak and dizzy. I think I'm having a dizzy spell.
Complex math problems make me dizzy.
looking down from dizzy heights
Prices rose at a dizzy rate.
the dizzy pace of our lives
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
In an emotional retelling, Foxx remembers being dizzy, frustrated, and stubbornly resistant to both physical and mental therapy.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
Loading pattern on pattern — a holiday-season design don’t for most — is for her an opportunity to dizzy us down to hell.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Her complaints of feeling dizzy and experiencing numbness in her limbs were put down to dehydration.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
In an emotional retelling, Foxx remembers being dizzy, frustrated, and stubbornly resistant to both physical and mental therapy.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Each game is a complex logic puzzle of circuits, switches, and relays, all connected through a wiring harness dizzying enough to make a rat seek shelter elsewhere.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
Loading pattern on pattern — a holiday-season design don’t for most — is for her an opportunity to dizzy us down to hell.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Dizzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dizzy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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