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giddying

giddying

7.4
Making you feel dizzy and excited from height or speed
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡɪdiɪŋ/
translation icon : vertiginoso
  • He felt a giddying rush of excitement as the roller coaster sped downward.

Examples

  • The giddying height of the mountain made her legs tremble as she looked down.

  • The rapid spinning of the ride was truly giddying for everyone on board.

  • The view from the top of the mountain was giddying.

  • Riding the roller coaster was giddying and thrilling!

  • The giddying rush of wind as the helicopter ascended left her breathless.

  • He experienced a giddying sensation of joy when he received the good news.

  • The giddying speed of the race car made the spectators gasp in awe.

Synonyms

thrilling
vsgiddying
102 3.6

Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster

adds a sense of physical dizziness or overwhelm beyond mere excitement
breathless
vsgiddying
20 4.1

Very exciting or tense and causing strong surprise

causes dizziness or overwhelming vertigo in addition to strong excitement
dizzying
vsgiddying
10 4.8

So fast or overwhelming that you cannot keep up

causes physical lightheadedness and a dizzy overwhelm rather than just speed
giddy
vsgiddying
3 4.9

Feeling dizzy and as if you might fall

causes that lightheadedness or dizzy overwhelm rather than naming the feeling

Antonyms

calming
6 2.6

An action that makes someone less angry or upset

stabilizing
  • US
1 3.7

Making something steady and less likely to change suddenly

How Dizzying

overwhelming
423 4.4
staggering
24 5.3
giddying
7.4
disorienting
8 6.0
dizzying
3 4.1

Surface Forms

giddying positive
giddier comparative
giddiest superlative

Morphology

giddying = giddy (transparent) = giddy + ing

Formed by adding the adjectival/participial suffix '-ing' to 'giddy', yielding an adjective meaning 'causing or characterized by giddiness'.

Etymology

Giddying comes from the older word giddy, which meant 'foolish' or 'unsteady' and later took on the sense of 'dizzy' or 'light-headed'. So a giddying height or speed is one that makes your head spin and feel overwhelmed.