Dizzy
adjective
Feeling or causing a sensation of spinning or losing one's balance.
She felt dizzy and was sweating profusely.
Often appears as...
- feel dizzy
- make someone dizzy
adjective
Silly or scatterbrained.
You're such a dizzy blonde!
Often appears as...
- dizzy with excitement
- dizzy head
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Causing someone to feel unsteady, confused or surprised.
The amount of paperwork required for the application dizzied him.
Often appears as...
- dizzy from
- dizzy with
adjective
Feeling or causing a sensation of spinning or losing one's balance.
She felt dizzy and was sweating profusely.
Often appears as...
- feel dizzy
- make someone dizzy
adjective
Silly or scatterbrained.
You're such a dizzy blonde!
Often appears as...
- dizzy with excitement
- dizzy head
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Causing someone to feel unsteady, confused or surprised.
The amount of paperwork required for the application dizzied him.
Often appears as...
- dizzy from
- dizzy with
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation
Used to describe the feeling of spinning or imbalance, often related to health issues or movements.
After the rollercoaster ride, I felt really dizzy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
Sometimes 'dizzy' is used lightly to describe a temporary or minor feeling of unsteadiness.
Standing up too fast made me dizzy for a moment.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can metaphorically express being overwhelmed by something abstract, like love or ideas.
Her praise left me feeling dizzy with happiness.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation
Used to describe the feeling of spinning or imbalance, often related to health issues or movements.
After the rollercoaster ride, I felt really dizzy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
Sometimes 'dizzy' is used lightly to describe a temporary or minor feeling of unsteadiness.
Standing up too fast made me dizzy for a moment.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can metaphorically express being overwhelmed by something abstract, like love or ideas.
Her praise left me feeling dizzy with happiness.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Sensation
Used to describe the feeling of spinning or imbalance, often related to health issues or movements.
After the rollercoaster ride, I felt really dizzy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
Sometimes 'dizzy' is used lightly to describe a temporary or minor feeling of unsteadiness.
Standing up too fast made me dizzy for a moment.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can metaphorically express being overwhelmed by something abstract, like love or ideas.
Her praise left me feeling dizzy with happiness.
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Video examples
How the Monkey King...
This was far from the first time he’d defied destiny in his quest for wisdom and power. His past rebellions had earned him the power to transfigure his body, ride clouds at dizzying speeds, and govern his tribe with magic and martial arts. In this crisis, he saw yet another opportunity. With a flash of his nimble fingers,
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Give yourself permission...
you're desperate for making sense out of this life, and, "Has anybody ever felt this bad before? How did they come out of this cloud?" Or the inverse -- something great. You meet somebody and your heart explodes. You love them so much, you can't even see straight. You know, you're dizzy.
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What’s the point(e) of...
the Princess performs a dizzying array of balances, all en pointe. She briefly takes each suitor’s hand, but then balances unassisted— a breath-taking display of physical strength and skill. However, it’s not just technique that carries meaning, but also style and personality.
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How to 3D print human...
to save lives and advance our understanding of how our organs function in the first place. And the technology opens up a dizzying array of possibilities, such as printing tissues with embedded electronics. Could we one day engineer organs that exceed current human capability,
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The surprising effects...
causing a dizzying drop in blood pressure after standing for too long. Some of these changes start to reverse even before birth. Shortly before delivery, the fetus drops down, decreasing the pressure on the diaphragm and allowing the pregnant woman to take deeper breaths.
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The weird and wonderful...
According to this hypothesis, over millions of years, the larvae evolved the ability to eat and live outside the egg. Regardless of how complete metamorphosis originated, it’s become part of the life cycles of a dizzying number of insect species.
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The dangers of mixing...
In spite of the dizzying number of possible interactions, most of the dangerous interactions with commonly used drugs are well known. And new developments in science are helping us keep better track of drug interactions than ever.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
that sense of the dizzying scale of the universe, need to be accompanied by a mystical feeling? Science and just observation gives us that feeling without it, so I don't feel the need. The universe is large and we are tiny,
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Poetic performance and...
take all the time and I know we live in different worlds and we're always really busy but in my dreams you spin around me so fast I always wake up dizzy so maybe one day you'll grow tired of the road
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Exorcism In India PIPE...
pursuer of spirits and today he'll take on some formidable foes families have traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy
Video examples
How the Monkey King...
This was far from the first time he’d defied destiny in his quest for wisdom and power. His past rebellions had earned him the power to transfigure his body, ride clouds at dizzying speeds, and govern his tribe with magic and martial arts. In this crisis, he saw yet another opportunity. With a flash of his nimble fingers,
Video examples
Give yourself permission...
you're desperate for making sense out of this life, and, "Has anybody ever felt this bad before? How did they come out of this cloud?" Or the inverse -- something great. You meet somebody and your heart explodes. You love them so much, you can't even see straight. You know, you're dizzy.
Video examples
What’s the point(e) of...
the Princess performs a dizzying array of balances, all en pointe. She briefly takes each suitor’s hand, but then balances unassisted— a breath-taking display of physical strength and skill. However, it’s not just technique that carries meaning, but also style and personality.
Video examples
How to 3D print human...
to save lives and advance our understanding of how our organs function in the first place. And the technology opens up a dizzying array of possibilities, such as printing tissues with embedded electronics. Could we one day engineer organs that exceed current human capability,
Video examples
The surprising effects...
causing a dizzying drop in blood pressure after standing for too long. Some of these changes start to reverse even before birth. Shortly before delivery, the fetus drops down, decreasing the pressure on the diaphragm and allowing the pregnant woman to take deeper breaths.
Video examples
The weird and wonderful...
According to this hypothesis, over millions of years, the larvae evolved the ability to eat and live outside the egg. Regardless of how complete metamorphosis originated, it’s become part of the life cycles of a dizzying number of insect species.
Video examples
The dangers of mixing...
In spite of the dizzying number of possible interactions, most of the dangerous interactions with commonly used drugs are well known. And new developments in science are helping us keep better track of drug interactions than ever.
Video examples
Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
that sense of the dizzying scale of the universe, need to be accompanied by a mystical feeling? Science and just observation gives us that feeling without it, so I don't feel the need. The universe is large and we are tiny,
Video examples
Poetic performance and...
take all the time and I know we live in different worlds and we're always really busy but in my dreams you spin around me so fast I always wake up dizzy so maybe one day you'll grow tired of the road
Video examples
Exorcism In India PIPE...
pursuer of spirits and today he'll take on some formidable foes families have traveled many miles from all over northern India to seek his help I have four five lumps in my neck I get dizzy
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Quote examples
Harry Shearer
American Actor
Perhaps not unusually for a popular film produced over three decades ago, there have been a dizzying parade of corporate characters trading rights to 'This Is Spinal Tap' through the years. Yet our requests for timely statements of the film's income have been met with a series of slammed doors.
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Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
I took off the makeup and stashed the crown, and now I was just another young woman out in the world. It's almost dizzying how fast the fame goes away - like a stage that turns dark at the end of a performance.
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Jonny Lee Miller
British Actor
If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won't reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.
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Ryan Holiday
American Author
Ego is certainly there in many of the greatest and most dizzying tales of success - but it's there in some of the greatest stories of failure and self-implosion as well.
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Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds.
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Mel Brooks
American Comedian
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.
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Bojan Krkic
Spanish Athlete
It is very uncomfortable to be dizzy 24 hours a day.
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Lance Stroll
Canadian Driver
After a lot of laps, you start to get dizzy.
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Alicia Silverstone
Actress
Clothes make me dizzy.
Quote examples
Harry Shearer
American Actor
Perhaps not unusually for a popular film produced over three decades ago, there have been a dizzying parade of corporate characters trading rights to 'This Is Spinal Tap' through the years. Yet our requests for timely statements of the film's income have been met with a series of slammed doors.
Quote examples
Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
I took off the makeup and stashed the crown, and now I was just another young woman out in the world. It's almost dizzying how fast the fame goes away - like a stage that turns dark at the end of a performance.
Quote examples
Jonny Lee Miller
British Actor
If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won't reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.
Quote examples
Ryan Holiday
American Author
Ego is certainly there in many of the greatest and most dizzying tales of success - but it's there in some of the greatest stories of failure and self-implosion as well.
Quote examples
Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds.
Quote examples
Mel Brooks
American Comedian
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.
Quote examples
Bojan Krkic
Spanish Athlete
It is very uncomfortable to be dizzy 24 hours a day.
Quote examples
Lance Stroll
Canadian Driver
After a lot of laps, you start to get dizzy.
Quote examples
Alicia Silverstone
Actress
Clothes make me dizzy.
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