dizziness

Everyday

1. Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall. tree →
2. It can come from spinning round, standing up too fast, being hot, hungry or ill, or from a head injury. tree →

In the lessons

In health and safety lessons dizziness is a warning sign: sit or lie down, drink water, and tell an adult, especially after a knock on the head or in hot weather. In science, the inner ear helps balance; spinning confuses it and causes dizziness. Phrases: «feel dizzy», «a spell of dizziness», «dizziness and headache».

Examples

• Spinning round and round gives me dizziness. tree →
• She felt dizziness after standing up too quickly. tree →
• Dizziness can be a sign of dehydration. tree →
• Tell the teacher if you have dizziness after a fall. tree →
• The medicine may cause dizziness. tree →
• His dizziness went away after a rest and a drink. tree →
• The ride gave me a moment of dizziness. tree →
• Sit down if you feel dizziness. tree →
• Oh! were I but loose; my dizziness would then cease; oh, were my head but loose!” tree →

Note

Uncountable. Adjective: dizzy (dizzier, dizziest). Spelling: dizzy → dizziness (y becomes i, double z). Safety: dizziness with headache, vomiting or confusion after a head knock needs a doctor.

In Jewish tradition

It means a confused spirit that makes people stumble. It is sent by God as a punishment.

Interpretation. Isaiah says God sends a spirit of confusion on Egypt's leaders, which the tradition reads as God making the plans of the proud fail.

Examples

• The LORD hath mingled within her a spirit of dizziness; and they have caused Egypt to stagger in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. (Prophets ISA.19.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable. Adjective: dizzy (dizzier, dizziest). Spelling: dizzy → dizziness (y becomes i, double z). Safety: dizziness with headache, vomiting or confusion after a head knock needs a doctor.