swirly
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˈswɜrli/
- Informal
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- And the next thing I remember, I was lying on a dog bed and everything was kind of blurry and swirly and silly.
I can feel my mind going into a super swirly place and it's not fun.
- I can feel my mind going into a super swirly place and it's not fun.
Examples
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After taking the medication, she described the world around her as swirly and dizzying.
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I can feel my mind going into a super swirly place and it's not fun.
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0.28 is a cool selection with some nice swirly licks.
Blog text (34) -
On Tuesday, I went to the mouth doctor, and they gave me some medicine that made everything whirly and swirly, and when I woke up, four teeth were gone!
Blog text (30) -
"Should we go out for dinner?" she says, arranging bare swirly branches in the vases.
Fiction book (2001) -
After riding the roller coaster, I felt swirly and needed to sit down for a while.
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The combination of the spinning carousel and bright lights made me feel swirly and lightheaded.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling like the room or world is turning and you may fall
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5.7
Feeling dizzy and unsteady, as if you might faint
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4.2
Feeling dizzy and weak like you might faint
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4.4
Feeling dizzy and as if you might faint
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9.6
A very high or steep place that makes you feel dizzy
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8.8
Feeling dizzy and unsteady, as if the world is moving
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8.6
Feeling dizzy and light-headed and unable to think clearly
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7.7
Feeling dizzy after spinning or excitement
Dizzy and confused in the head
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swirly comes from swirl, which means 'to move in circles', plus the ending -y that means 'full of'. So if you feel swirly you feel as if things are turning around you, which explains the dizzy meaning.