dizzying

[diz-ee-ing]

adjective

1. making or tending to make one dizzy.

   The tower rose to dizzying heights.

Other Word Forms

• dizzyingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dizzying¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; dizzy + -ing ²

Example Sentences

That’s even though the choices can be dizzying: many people have dozens of options.

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Once Ms. Aikin reaches the postwar period, the myriad bibliographic and library-science programs and groups, with their ubiquitous acronyms, becomes dizzying.

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In the first of three immersive rooms, a dizzying 360-degree video introduces guests to the story of Jesus’ life from his baptism to the crucifixion — including that jumbo last supper.

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Matthiessen was this way, too, and his dizzying life and brilliantly varied work were the paradoxical outcomes of what was, as he put it, his “dream of simplicity.”

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The zig and zags of politics have been dizzying recently.

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Related Words

• bewildering 
• dizzy 
• rapid