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 See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
In addition, loud noises can make someone with superior canal dehiscence feel dizzy. Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022 The strobing synths that have been a trademark of Mr. Kember’s music since his days in Spacemen 3 float in and out of arrangements, bringing a dizzy and disorienting edge to the predominant sweetness. Mark Richardson, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 My mother, who is Jamaican and immigrated to the United States in the late 1970s, raised me in suburban New Jersey in the mid-’90s, where carnivals involved funnel cake and getting dizzy on amusement rides like the Zipper. Natalie Meade, Vogue, 14 July 2022 Meadows felt dizzy all the time and experienced a false sense his surroundings were spinning. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2022 Officers later stated, according to the suit, McBride appeared mentally altered, appeared to be dizzy, and had difficulty walking straight. Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2022 Many will experience severe cramping and feel nauseated and dizzy, as Laura did. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 His sister-in-law also became dizzy and found herself on her hands and knees, vomiting up her dinner. Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2022 His sister-in-law also became dizzy and found herself on her hands and knees, vomiting up her dinner.Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
Verb
And few films feel as extravagantly 2022 as Bodies Bodies Bodies, a blithe, ruthless slasher satire soaked in the digital-native lingo and dizzy Euphoria nihilism of Gen Z. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 And few movies feel as extravagantly 2022 as Bodies Bodies Bodies, a blithe, ruthless slasher satire soaked in the digital-native lingo and dizzy Euphoria nihilism of Gen Z. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022 Bricks began to lift and dizzy around the cylindrical walls. Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 Hours later, Prasad found Bun, dizzy with fever and lying on a bench outside the Salesforce Transit Center in SoMa. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2021 The speedy Schenectady locomotives made record-keepers dizzy by breaking one record after another. Wayne Whittaker, Popular Mechanics, 26 Aug. 2021 This seems like common sense, but occasionally someone decides to pick up their laptop or phone and roam around their home or office while talking — making everyone else dizzy. Ethan Rasiel, Forbes, 13 May 2021 Nothing else witty to say just dizzy with gratitude that GOLD DIGGERS found its way to a team that believes in it!NBC News, 9 Apr. 2021 Cueto’s final pitch of the seventh inning, a triple shimmy if there ever was one, might have made fans dizzy, not to mention C.J. Cron. John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English disy, from Old English dysig stupid; akin to Old High German tusig stupid
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1