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dizzying en · ADJ

Meanings

  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.
    • 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:

Forms

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more dizzying Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dizzying Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

dizzyingly

Synonyms

vertiginous (tending to make one dizzy or confused) · bewildering (tending to make one dizzy or confused) · intoxicating (tending to make one dizzy or confused) · heady (tending to make one dizzy or confused) · excessive (tending to make one dizzy or confused) · giddy (tending to make one dizzy or confused)

Translations (7)

de schwindelerregend (tending to make one dizzy) · fr vertigineux (tending to make one dizzy) · ro amețitor (tending to make one dizzy) · pt vertiginoso (tending to make one dizzy) · uk запа́морочливий (tending to make one dizzy) · ru головокружи́тельный (tending to make one dizzy) · eo kapturniga (tending to make one dizzy)

dizzying en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of dizzy
    form of dizzy