at a dizzy height

  • 1dizzy — adjective 1 feeling unable to balance, especially after spinning around or because you feel ill: Greg felt sick and dizzy in the hot sun. | dizzy spell (=a short period when you feel dizzy) 2 the dizzy heights humorous an important position:… …

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  • 2Height — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Height >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 height height altitude elevation Sgm: N 1 eminence eminence pitch Sgm: N 1 loftiness loftiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 sublimity sublimity GR …

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  • 3dizzy — 1. adjective /ˈdɪzi/ a) having a sensation of turning around; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded. I stood up too fast and felt dizzy. b) producing gid …

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  • 4dizzy — dizzily, adv. dizziness, n. /diz ee/, adj., dizzier, dizziest, v., dizzied, dizzying. adj. 1. having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous. 2. bewildered; confused. 3. causing giddiness or confusion: a dizzy height …

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  • 5dizzy — diz•zy [[t]ˈdɪz i[/t]] adj. zi•er, zi•est, 1) having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous 2) bewildered; confused 3) causing giddiness or confusion: a dizzy height[/ex] 4) heedless; thoughtless 5) inf Informal.… …

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  • 6dizzy — /ˈdɪzi / (say dizee) adjective (dizzier, dizziest) 1. affected with a sensation of whirling, with tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous. 2. bewildered; confused. 3. causing giddiness: a dizzy height. 4. heedless; thoughtless. 5. Colloquial foolish …

  • 7height — W2S2 [haıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(how tall)¦ 2¦(distance above the ground)¦ 3¦(high place)¦ 4 new/great/dizzy etc heights 5 the height of something 6 be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc 7 be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬… …

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  • 8dropped on (from a dizzy height) —   Severely reprimanded …

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  • 9height — n. 1) to attain, reach a height 2) to clear; scale a height 3) a dizzy, precipitous, vertiginous height; dizzying heights 4) a height above; below (at a height of two hundred feet above sea level) 5) at a height (at the height of one s success;… …

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  • 10height — noun 1 how tall sb/sth is ADJECTIVE ▪ full, maximum ▪ He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us. ▪ considerable, great, towering ▪ …

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