dizzying

English

Adjective

dizzying (comparative more dizzying, superlative most dizzying)

1. Tending to make one (actually or metaphorically) dizzy or confused, as of great speed or height.

   The salesman presented me with a dizzying array of choices, and I was hard pressed to choose between them.

   • 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian‎:

     The organisation fills many gaps left by the state, operating a dizzying array of services, including homes for victims of domestic violence, food banks and a shelter for stray animals.

Synonyms

• (tending to make one dizzy or confused): vertiginous, bewildering, excessive, heady, intoxicating

Derived terms

• dizzyingly

Translations

tending to make one dizzy

Esperanto: kapturniga French: vertigineux (fr) German: schwindelerregend (de) Portuguese: vertiginoso (pt) Romanian: amețitor (ro) Russian: головокружи́тельный (ru) (golovokružítelʹnyj) Ukrainian: запа́морочливий (zapámoročlyvyj)

Verb

dizzying

1. present participle and gerund of dizzy