26984 words

dizzy

4 definitions • 6 examples
1
feeling as if everything is turning around, and that you are not able to balance and may fall over:

Examples:

Going without sleep for a long time makes me feel dizzy and light-headed.
dizzy with I felt dizzy with excitement as I went up to collect the award.
2
confusing and very fast:

Examples:

dizzy pace Who could have predicted the dizzy pace of change in the country?
3
A dizzy person, especially a woman, is silly:

Examples:

dizzy blonde In the film, she played the part of a dizzy blonde.
4
having or causing a feeling of spinning around and being unable to balance:

Examples:

She felt dizzy and needed to sit down.
fig. In the computer industry, change comes at a dizzy pace (= very fast).

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