dizzying
10
4.8
- adjective
- /ˈdɪziɪŋ/
:
vertiginoso
- Tanner rips through the maze, navigating at dizzying speed through the interlocking patterns.
- a dizzying array
- dizzying speed
- dizzying change
And the high in that same dizzying way is no longer there.
- And the high in that same dizzying way is no longer there.
- So you know, before that we've got this dizzying profusion of different points of view.
- Like there's something I can rely on in this crazy, dizzying, sometimes exhausting, really hard life.
- It's spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling to space at thousands of miles an hour.
- My perception tells me that this ground we're sitting on is stationary, spinning at dizzying speeds and hurtling through space at thousands of miles an hour.
- And when we try to sort of intersect them together, it's almost dizzying.
- But I am trying to build the next Disney, which for me is like, whoa, like this is dizzying.
- I mean, you have long stories that you tell that are are dizzying.
Examples
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Revolution has spread across the Middle East with dizzying speed and with an uncertain effect on the global system.
Academic text (2011) -
So you know, before that we've got this dizzying profusion of different points of view.
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Indeed, there is a dizzying variety of approaches to consumption both within and across disciplines.
Academic text (1998) -
You look at that blank page with excitement and fear and enthusiasm and a dizzying amount of possibility.
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Sometimes all these numbers are dizzying, and they're as fickle as humans.
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Orlean looks at Laroche, then deeply into various flowers: a dizzying array of colors and shapes.
Fiction book (2002) -
Courts dealing with other programs will confront a dizzying array of statutes, regulations, and fact patterns.
Academic text (1995) -
Wheeling up to the start in the wintry dawn, he feels a dizzying rush of nervous excitement and spiking fear.
Fiction book (2002) -
The film's a follow-up to director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, which I admired, but The Dark Knight paints a dizzying portrait of Gotham City nearing total anarchy.
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The roller coaster was so fast that it felt dizzying, leaving everyone breathless and exhilarated.
Synonyms
22
7.5
Very exciting and strong in a way that makes you feel dizzy
8
6.0
Making someone feel confused and unable to find their way
3
6.8
Causes strong confusion and makes you feel overwhelmed
2
9.6
A very high or steep place that makes you feel dizzy
Making you feel dizzy and excited from height or speed
Very hard to understand because it is complicated
Antonyms
How Overwhelming
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dizzying shares the root dizzy, which gives the image of your head 'spinning' from too much speed or too many things at once. That's why a dizzying pace or event feels extremely fast or overwhelming and hard to keep up with.