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DIZZY
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Irregular inflected forms: dizzied , dizzier , dizziest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Example:
silly giggles
Synonyms:
airheaded; dizzy; empty-headed; featherbrained; giddy; light-headed; lightheaded; silly
Classified under:
Similar:
frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
Example:
a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
Synonyms:
dizzy; giddy; vertiginous; woozy
Classified under:
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
Derivation:
dizziness (a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make dizzy or giddy
Example:
a dizzying pace
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dizzy" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Context examples:
I did not feel dizzy—I suppose I was too excited—and the time seemed ridiculously short till I found myself standing on the window-sill and trying to raise up the sash.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
If you're about to faint, you'll feel dizzy, lightheaded, or nauseous.
(Fainting, NIH)
He was dizzy, sick, faint, but he must not die, and he must not tarry, for his life meant many lives that day.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Anemia can make you feel tired, cold, dizzy, and irritable.
(Anemia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The valley ran from the horseshoe, land-locked bay to the tops of the dizzy, cloud-capped peaks and contained perhaps ten thousand acres.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Some medicines make people dizzy.
(Falls, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
The measuring was a most solemn and serious function, though it was nothing to the trying-on two days later, when my uncle stood by in an agony of apprehension as each garment was adjusted, he and Weston arguing over every seam and lapel and skirt until I was dizzy with turning round in front of them.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He seemed faint and dizzy and put out his free hand while he reeled, as though seeking support against the air.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
When you're dizzy, you may feel lightheaded or lose your balance.
(Dizziness and Vertigo, NIH)
“I really must sit down,” Maud said, with a nervous laugh and a dizzy gesture, and forthwith she sat down on the sand.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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