Meanings
plural dizzinesses · alternative dizzyness
- countableuncountableThe state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
Synonyms: giddiness, light-headedness, vertigo, swim, swirl
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishdysiġnes“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”
- Middle Englishdisynes
- Englishdizziness
From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἴλιγξ, ἴλιγγος
- ἴλιγξ (ílinx)state of being dizzy
- ἴλιγγος (ílingos)state of being dizzy
Arabic دُوَار
- دُوَار (duwār)state of being dizzy
Bulgarian замайване, замаяност
- замайване (zamajvane)state of being dizzy
- замаяност (zamajanost)state of being dizzy
Catalan mareig
- mareigstate of being dizzy
Chinese Mandarin 頭暈 /头晕, 眩暈 /眩晕
- 頭暈 /头晕 (tóuyūn)state of being dizzy
- 眩暈 /眩晕 (xuànyùn)state of being dizzy
- 頭昏 /头昏 (tóuhūn)state of being dizzy
Czech závrať
- závraťstate of being dizzy
Danish svimmelhed
- svimmelhedstate of being dizzy
Dutch duizeligheid
- duizeligheidstate of being dizzy
Esperanto kapturniĝo
- kapturniĝostate of being dizzy
Finnish huimaus
- huimausstate of being dizzy
French vertige, défaillance
- vertigestate of being dizzy
- défaillancestate of being dizzy
German Schwindel, Schwindelgefühl
- Schwindelstate of being dizzy
- Schwindelgefühlstate of being dizzy
- Schwindelanfallstate of being dizzy
- Benommenheitstate of being dizzy
- Benommenheitsgefühlstate of being dizzy
Greek ζαλάδα
- ζαλάδα (zaláda)state of being dizzy
Hungarian szédülés
- szédülésstate of being dizzy
Irish meadhrán, mearbhlán
- meadhránstate of being dizzy
- mearbhlánstate of being dizzy
Italian stordimento, stornimento
- stordimentostate of being dizzy
- stornimentostate of being dizzy
- giramento di testastate of being dizzy
Japanese 目眩, くらくら
- 目眩 (memai)state of being dizzy
- くらくら (kurakura)state of being dizzy
Latin vertīgō
- vertīgōstate of being dizzy
Māori pōnitiniti, puano
- pōnitinitistate of being dizzy
- puanostate of being dizzy
Norwegian Bokmål svimmelhet
- svimmelhetstate of being dizzy
Persian گیجی
- گیجی (giji)state of being dizzy
Polish zawroty głowy
- zawroty głowystate of being dizzy
Portuguese tontura, vertigem
- tonturastate of being dizzy
- vertigemstate of being dizzy
Russian головокруже́ние
- головокруже́ние (golovokružénije)state of being dizzy
Spanish mareo, vahído
- mareostate of being dizzy
- vahídostate of being dizzy
- vaguidostate of being dizzy
- váguidostate of being dizzy
- mareamientostate of being dizzy
Swahili kizunguzungu
- kizunguzungustate of being dizzy
Swedish yrsel
- yrselstate of being dizzy
Turkish baş dönmesi
- baş dönmesistate of being dizzy
Ukrainian запаморочення
- запамороченняstate of being dizzy
Vietnamese chóng mặt
- chóng mặtstate of being dizzy
Cite this entry
dizziness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizziness
“dizziness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizziness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dizziness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizziness.
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