feeling dizzy
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3.8
- adjective
:
mareado
- When Tyrone stood, he felt dizzy and panicky, as if the floor was tilting.
Now, Speaking of feeling nauseous, some people suffer from Vertigo, some people feel dizzy, some people get lightheaded.
- Now, Speaking of feeling nauseous, some people suffer from Vertigo, some people feel dizzy, some people get lightheaded.
Examples
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No, I just felt dizzy all of a sudden.
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Occasionally, a student may feel dizzy during or after the breathing exercises.
Academic text (1996) -
It's making me feel dizzy.
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Looking at her made him feel dizzy, and so he forced himself to look away.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Mary closed her eyes, and for a moment she felt dizzy.
Fiction book (1990) -
One day, Mum felt dizzy and she fell over.
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Faith felt dizzy, and she realized that her chest hurt from holding her breath.
Fiction book (1997) -
As the pressure let up, sparks danced before her eyes, and she felt dizzy, light-headed.
Fiction book (1992) -
I just feel dizzy.
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When Tyrone stood, he felt dizzy and panicky, as if the floor was tilting.
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'feel/feeling' (to experience) and 'dizzy' (sensation of spinning or near-fainting), so its meaning is directly inferable from the constituents. This is a common, cross-linguistic way to express a physical sensation, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Feeling dizzy gives a simple picture: the word dizzy makes you imagine your head or the room turning or 'spinning', and feeling shows it is happening to you. So when someone says they are feeling dizzy, they mean they feel unsteady and may 'lose their balance'.