Word forms: comparative dizzier, superlative dizziest, 3rd person singular presenttense dizzies, present participle dizzying, past tense, past participle dizzied
1. adjective
If you feel dizzy, you feel that you are losing your balance and are about to fall.
Her head still hurt, and she felt slightly dizzy and disoriented.
He began to get dizzy spells.
dizzily (dɪzɪli)adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.
dizzinessuncountable noun
His complaint causes dizziness and nausea.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use dizzy to describe someone who is careless and forgets things, but is easy to like.
She is famed for playing dizzy blondes.
...a charmingly dizzy great-grandmother.
Synonyms: scatterbrained, silly, foolish, frivolous More Synonyms of dizzy
3. verb
If something dizzies you, it causes you to feel unsteady or confused.
The sudden height dizzied her and she clung tightly. [VERB noun]
dizzyinggraded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
We're descending now at dizzying speed.
4.
See dizzy heights
More Synonyms of dizzy
dizzy in British English
(ˈdɪzɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -zier or -ziest
1.
affected with a whirling or reeling sensation; giddy
2.
confused or bewildered
3.
causing or tending to cause vertigo or bewilderment
4. informal
foolish or flighty
verbWord forms: -zies, -zying or -zied
5. (transitive)
to make dizzy
Derived forms
dizzily (ˈdizzily)
adverb
dizziness (ˈdizziness)
noun
Word origin
Old English dysig silly; related to Old High German tusīg weak, Old Norse dos quiet
dizzy in American English
(ˈdɪzi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈdizzier or ˈdizziest
1.
having a whirling, dazed sensation; giddy; lightheaded
2.
causing or likely to cause such a sensation
3.
confused; bewildered
4. Informal
silly; foolish; harebrained
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdizzied or ˈdizzying
5.
to make dizzy
Derived forms
dizzily (ˈdizzily)
adverb
dizziness (ˈdizziness)
noun
dizzyingly (ˈdizzyingly)
adverb
Word origin
ME disi, dusi < OE dysig, foolish < IE base *dhewes-, to eddy, whirl > deer
Examples of 'dizzy' in a sentence
dizzy
It can make you sweat too, or feel dizzy or breathless.
The Sun (2016)
A collection of songs about love and loss which takes the form to new places and dizzying heights.
The Sun (2016)
But take a look at that chart once more and tell me you don't feel a tiny bit dizzy.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It makes you dizzy and your head pound.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
To catch you if you get dizzy.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
Most people if they try this will feel weak and dizzy and it could be extremely dangerous.
The Sun (2012)
The question alone was enough to make me dizzy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This week he has been suffering dizzy spells.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Toronto took me to dizzy heights again and again.
The Sun (2014)
Looking at them made me feel dizzy and sick.
The Sun (2011)
So it is odd that you are still feeling dizzy.
The Sun (2011)
The metamorphosis has happened with dizzying speed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There follows a dizzying array of rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One gets the dizzying sense that futures are being rewritten before our eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The pain and dizzy spells have got worse.
The Sun (2016)
It glowed like a muffled torch and stretched upward to a dizzy height toward the zenith.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
He tells me he feels dizzy and sick.
The Sun (2010)
The idea has gone from inconceivable to quite possible at dizzying speed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He has installed a dizzying array of devices to keep the family home secure.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She says she gets dizzy in the sun and her boss shouts at her if she tries to sit down to rest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He was a little bit dizzy, and is still a bit dizzy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I was a bit dizzy but otherwise alright.
The Sun (2015)
He was feeling dizzy, unsteady.
Christianity Today (2000)
A person will feel slightly nauseous, dizzy and irritable.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I was dizzy, confused and unable to string sensible sentences together.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My pulse races and I feel weak and dizzy.
The Sun (2015)
He explained: 'I felt a little bit dizzy.
The Sun (2006)
In other languages
dizzy
British English: dizzy /ˈdɪzɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If you feel dizzy, you feel that you are losing your balance and are about to fall.
He kept feeling dizzy.
American English: dizzy
Arabic: دائِخ
Brazilian Portuguese: tonto
Chinese: 晕眩的
Croatian: omamljen
Czech: mít závrať
Danish: svimmel
Dutch: duizelig
European Spanish: mareado
Finnish: pyörryksissä oleva
French: étourdi après chute
German: schwindelig
Greek: ζαλισμένος
Italian: stordito
Japanese: めまいがする
Korean: 현기증 나는
Norwegian: svimmel
Polish: czujący zawrót głowy
European Portuguese: vertiginoso
Romanian: amețit
Russian: испытывающий головокружение
Latin American Spanish: vertiginoso
Swedish: snurrig snurrigt
Thai: เวียนศีรษะ
Turkish: başı dönmüş
Ukrainian: запаморочливий
Vietnamese: chóng mặt
Chinese translation of 'dizzy'
dizzy
(ˈdɪzɪ)
adj
to feel dizzy感到头(頭)晕(暈) (gǎndào tóuyūn)
[turn, spell]头(頭)晕(暈)的 (tóuyūn de)
[woman, blonde]傻乎乎的 (shǎhūhū de)
the dizzy heights of ... 使人晕(暈)乎乎的 ... 高度 (shǐ rén yūnhūhū de ... gāodù)
to make sb dizzy使人头(頭)晕(暈)目眩 (shǐ rén tóuyūn mùxuàn)
1 (adjective)
Definition
feeling giddy
She felt slightly dizzy.
Synonyms
giddy
He felt giddy and light-headed.
faint
Other signs of angina are nausea, feeling faint and shortness of breath.
light-headed
Your blood pressure will drop and you may feel light-headed.
swimming
reeling
staggering
shaky
Even small operations can leave you feeling a bit shaky.
wobbly
I was sitting on a wobbly plastic chair.
off balance
unsteady
The boy was unsteady, staggering around the room.
vertiginous
woozy (informal)
The fumes made us feel a bit woozy.
weak at the knees
2 (adjective)
Definition
unable to think clearly
The play's beauty and ingenuity made me dizzy.
Synonyms
confused
People are confused about what they should eat to stay healthy.
dazzled
at sea
I'm totally at sea with popular culture.
bewildered
Some shoppers look bewildered by the variety of goods on offer.
muddled
I'm afraid I'm a little muddled. I don't know where to begin.
bemused
He was looking at the boys with a bemused expression.
dazed
By the end of the interview I was dazed and exhausted.
disorientated
I feel dizzy and disoriented.
befuddled
I was befuddled with drink.
light-headed
punch-drunk
He was punch-drunk from fatigue.
fuddled
3 (adjective)
(informal)
a charmingly dizzy grandmother
Synonyms
scatterbrained
She plays a scatterbrained student.
silly
That's a silly thing to say.
foolish
frivolous
I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
giddy
At our stage in life we are unlikely to become giddy spendthrifts.
capricious
forgetful
flighty
In my youth I was a frivolous fool, vain and flighty.
light-headed
a light-headed youth
scatty (British, informal)
empty-headed
They had misjudged me as empty-headed and dim.
bird-brained (informal)
featherbrained
ditzy or ditsy (slang)
4 (adjective)
Definition
tending to cause giddiness or confusion
The gannets plunged from a dizzy height into the water.
Synonyms
steep
towering
towering cliffs of black granite
soaring
lofty
a light, lofty apartment
sky-high
vertiginous
dizzy-making
giddy-making
Additional synonyms
in the sense of at sea
I'm totally at sea with popular culture.
Synonyms
bewildered,
lost,
confused,
puzzled,
uncertain,
baffled,
adrift,
perplexed,
disconcerted,
at a loss,
mystified,
disoriented,
bamboozled (informal),
flummoxed,
at sixes and sevens
in the sense of befuddled
Definition
stupefied or confused, as through alcoholic drink
I was befuddled with drink.
Synonyms
confused,
upset,
puzzled,
baffled,
at sea,
bewildered,
muddled,
dazed,
perplexed,
taken aback,
intoxicated,
disorientated,
disorganized,
muzzy (informal),
groggy (informal),
flummoxed,
woozy (informal),
at sixes and sevens,
fuddled,
inebriated,
thrown off balance,
discombobulated (informal),
not with it (informal),
not knowing if you are coming or going
in the sense of bemused
Definition
puzzled or confused
He was looking at the boys with a bemused expression.