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# dizzy

adjective (dizzy, dizzier, dizziest)

«dizzy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dizzy means feeling as if everything is spinning and you might fall over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#m1)
2. Dizzy can describe something that makes you feel that way: dizzy heights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#m2)
3. Informally, a dizzy person is silly or forgetful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons: you can feel dizzy after spinning, standing up fast, being too hot, not drinking enough water or hitting your head; sit down, drink water and tell an adult, and get help after a head bump. In science, the fluid in your inner ear keeps spinning after you stop, which makes you dizzy. Phrases: feel dizzy, dizzy spell, dizzy with excitement.

### Examples

- I spun round and round until I felt dizzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x1)
- If you feel dizzy, sit down at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x2)
- Standing up too fast made her dizzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x3)
- The heat made me feel dizzy, so I drank some water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x4)
- Looking down from the tower made him dizzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x5)
- Tell an adult if you feel dizzy after bumping your head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x6)
- She was dizzy with excitement on her birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x7)
- Spinning rides make me dizzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x8)
- Soon he became dizzy and faint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/#x9)

### Note

Spelled with zz. Comparative: dizzier, dizziest. Noun: dizziness. Feeling dizzy often and for no reason is a reason to see a doctor.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dizzy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizzy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dizzy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dizzy.html) on Mova free.