DIZZY


Meaning of DIZZY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪzi ]

( dizzier, dizziest, dizzies, dizzying, dizzied)

1.

If you feel dizzy , you feel that you are losing your balance and are about to fall.

Her head still hurt, and she felt slightly dizzy and disoriented...

ADJ

• diz‧zi‧ly

Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.

ADV : usu ADV with v

• diz‧zi‧ness

His complaint causes dizziness and nausea.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

You can use dizzy to describe a woman who is careless and forgets things, but is easy to like.

She is famed for playing dizzy blondes.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

3.

If you say that someone has reached the dizzy heights of something, you are emphasizing that they have reached a very high level by achieving it. ( HUMOROUS )

I escalated to the dizzy heights of director’s secretary.

PHRASE : usu PHR after v , oft PHR of n [ emphasis ]

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