dizzy synonyms

dizzy

modif.

  1. Having a whirling or spinning sensation

    confused, lightheaded, giddy, bemused, staggering, reeling, staggered, disturbed, dazzled, dazed, bleary-eyed, groggy, seeing double, troubled with vertigo, unsteady, vertiginous, whirling, spinning, swimming, weak-kneed, weak, wobbly, shaky, woozy*, tipsy*, punch-drunk*, punchy*; see also unsteady 1.

  2. Causing dizziness

    steep, lofty, vertiginous; see abrupt 1, unstable 1, unsteady 1.

  3. *Lacking good sense

    flighty, silly, featherbrained; see changeable 1, silly, stupid 1.

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