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Webster 1913 Edition

Dizziness

Diz′zi-ness

,

Noun.

[AS.

dysigness

folly. See

.]

Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dizziness

DIZZINESS

,

Noun.

[See Dizzy.] Giddiness; a whirling in the head; vertigo.

Definition 2024

dizziness

dizziness

English

Alternative forms

dizzyness

Noun

dizziness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dizzinesses)

The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

scotomy

Translations

state of being dizzy

Albanian: marramendje (sq)
Bulgarian: замайване (bg) n ‎(zamajvane), замаяност (bg) f ‎(zamajanost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭暈 (zh), 头晕 (zh) ‎(tóuyūn), 眩暈 (zh), 眩晕 (zh) ‎(xuànyùn), 頭昏 (zh), 头昏 (zh) ‎(tóuhūn)
Czech: závrať f
Dutch: duizeligheid (nl)
Finnish: huimaus (fi)
French: vertige (fr) m, défaillance (fr) f
Georgian: თავბრუსხვევა ‎(tavbrusxveva), თავბრუდასხმა ‎(tavbrudasxma), თავბრუ ‎(tavbru), ბრუ ‎(bru)
German: Schwindel (de) m, Schwindelgefühl (de) n, Schwindelanfall (de) m, Benommenheit (de) f, Benommenheitsgefühl n
Greek: ζαλάδα (el) f ‎(zaláda)
Japanese: 目眩 ‎(めまい, memai), くらくら (ja) ‎(kurakura) (mimetic)

Ladino:

Hebrew: שאשיאו m

Latin: shasheo m
Maori: pōnitiniti
Navajo: ił náhodééyá, ił náhodighááh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svimmelhet (no) m, f
Persian: گیجی (fa) ‎(giji)
Portuguese: tontura (pt) f, vertigem (pt) f
Russian: головокруже́ние (ru) n ‎(golovokružénije)
Serbo-Croatian: omaglica (sh) f, vrtoglavica (sh)
Spanish: mareo (es) m, vértigo (es) m
Swahili: kizunguzungu (sw)
Swedish: yrsel (sv)

See also