dizzying

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So dizzying has been the fall in oil prices that Iran is trying to get OPEC to bring forward production cuts.

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  1. adjective Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See Synonyms at giddy.
  2. adjective Bewildered or confused.
  3. adjective Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.
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  • At the peak of the polka craze, from about 1840 to 1890 (this was a very long craze), a variety of manufacturers cashed in on the public's polka mania by naming a dizzying range of products after the dance. —  The Word Detective
  • The polka-dot pattern, however, had staying power and remains popular today, especially in neckties A variety of manufacturers cashed in on the public's POLKA mania by naming a dizzying range of products after the dance pony up Q: Do you know the origin of the phrase pony up (meaning "to pay an account or fine")? —  The Word Detective
  • It was dizzying, all that geometrical beauty gleaming in the torchlight. —  AnalogSFF,March2008
  • The height was dizzying, the situation terrifying. —  Spider-Man2
  • The duality is dizzying, as if he's an imposter inside his own skin. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 02 - February 2003
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dizzying:   dizzy
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