Meanings
comparative more dizzying · superlative most dizzying
- 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.
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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 GuardianSynonyms: vertiginous, bewildering, excessive, heady, intoxicating, giddy
- 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
dizzying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizzying
“dizzying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizzying. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dizzying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizzying.
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