Vertiginous

//vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

    "GPT-4 didn’t give me an existential crisis. But it exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately."

  3. 3
    Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).; Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
  4. 4
    Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling wordnet

Synonyms

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cyclonicdizzydizzyingdrunkenfaintfickle

Example

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"All rooftops without railings are vertiginous to me, even if I stand far from the ledge."

Etymology

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

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