dizzying

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adjective

Tending to make one (actually or metaphorically) dizzy or confused, as of great speed or height.

“The salesman presented me with a dizzying array of choices, and I was hard pressed to choose between them.”

Less commonScrabble 31

Meanings

adjectivedizzying (comparative more dizzying, superlative most dizzying)

comparative more dizzying · superlative most dizzying

  1. Tending to make one (actually or metaphorically) dizzy or confused, as of great speed or height.

    The salesman presented me with a dizzying array of choices, and I was hard pressed to choose between them.

    1 more example

    The organisation fills many gaps left by the state, operating a dizzying array of services, including homes for victims of domestic violence, food banks and a shelter for stray animals.

    2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian

    Synonyms: vertiginous, bewildering, excessive, heady, intoxicating, giddy

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dizzy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTending to make one (actually or metaphorically) dizzy or confused, as of great speed or height.

Translations

Esperanto kapturniga
  • kapturnigatending to make one dizzy
French vertigineux
  • vertigineuxtending to make one dizzy
German schwindelerregend
  • schwindelerregendtending to make one dizzy
Portuguese vertiginoso
  • vertiginosotending to make one dizzy
Romanian amețitor
  • amețitortending to make one dizzy
Russian головокружи́тельный
  • головокружи́тельный (golovokružítelʹnyj)tending to make one dizzy
Ukrainian запа́морочливий
  • запа́морочливий (zapámoročlyvyj)tending to make one dizzy
Cite this entry
APA

dizzying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizzying

MLA

“dizzying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizzying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dizzying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizzying.

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