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| Main Entry: |
whirling
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotating |
| Synonyms: | gyral, gyratory, spinning, vertiginous, vorticose |
| Main Entry: | whirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around |
| Synonyms: | circle, eddy, gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, reel, revolve, roll, rotate, swirl, swoosh, turn, turn around, twirl, twist, wheel, whir |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | dizzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-headed, confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, blind, blinded, dazed, dazzled, distracted, disturbed, dumb, dumbfounded, faint, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, light, muddled, off balance, out of control, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, reeling, shaky, slap-happy, staggered, staggering, swimming*, tipsy, unsteady, upset, vertiginous, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
| Antonyms: | clear, clear-headed, unconfused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | giddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | bemused, brainless, bubbleheaded, capricious, careless, changeable, changeful, ditzy, dizzy, empty-headed, erratic, fickle, flighty, flustered, frivolous, gaga, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded, punchy, reckless, reeling, scatterbrained, skittish, slaphappy, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy |
| Antonyms: | calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | groggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dizzy, stunned |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, confused, dazed, dopey, drunken, faint, hazy, out of it, punch-drunk, punchy, reeling, shaky, slaphappy, staggering, stupefied, swaying, tired, unsteady, weak, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
| Antonyms: | clear, clear-headed, cognizant |
| Main Entry: | hazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | dazed, dizzy, dreamy, groggy, ill-defined, indefinite, indistinct, muddled, murky, nebulous, obscure, stuporous, tranced, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, unsound, vague, whirling |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, distinct, explained, sure, unconfused |
| Main Entry: | light-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly; feeling faint |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, gaga, giddy, harebrained, hazy, punchy, reeling, rocky, scatterbrained, shallow, superficial, swimming, swimmy, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, ok, sober |
| Main Entry: | rotary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turning |
| Synonyms: | encircling, gyral, gyratory, revolving, rotating, rotational, rotatory, spinning, vertiginous, vorticular, whirligig, whirling |
| Main Entry: | revolving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | circling |
| Synonyms: | gyral, gyrating, gyratory, rotaryrotatory, vertiginous, whirling |
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