dizzy

dizzy
[[t]dɪ̱zi[/t]]
dizzier, dizziest, dizzies, dizzying, dizzied
1) ADJ-GRADED 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.

Derived words:
dizzily [[t]dɪ̱zɪli[/t]] ADV-GRADED usu ADV with v

Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.

dizziness N-UNCOUNT

His complaint causes dizziness and nausea.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n You can use dizzy to describe a woman who is careless and forgets things, but is easy to like.

She is famed for playing dizzy blondes.

...a charmingly dizzy great-grandmother.

3) VERB If something dizzies you, it causes you to feel unsteady or confused.

[V n] The sudden height dizzied her and she clung tightly.

Derived words:
dizzying ADJ-GRADED usu ADJ n

We're descending now at dizzying speed.

4) PHRASE: usu PHR after v, oft PHR of n (emphasis) If you say that someone has reached the dizzy heights of something, you are emphasizing that they have reached a very high level by achieving it. [HUMOROUS]

I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary.


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