as in giddy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
a 3-D effect that is likely to leave some audience members feeling vertiginous
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Recent Examples of vertiginous
And with high interest rates, already vertiginous levels of debt, political upheaval, and challenges to Fed independence, there is now a real risk that a fresh economic shock could precipitate a broader collapse.
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Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The fall of the industry has been so vertiginous that it’s been hard to fully comprehend its decline.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
On each trip, adventurers will walk the rim of the canyon, explore Monument Valley with a Navajo guide, and trace the vertiginous trails that carve across Zion National Park’s pink sandstone cliffs.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
With a ravishing, at times vertiginous visual approach to filming the natural beauty of the contested land, Martel pays cinematic tribute to people whom history has systematically tried to erase.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
The fall of the industry has been so vertiginous that it’s been hard to fully comprehend its decline.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
On each trip, adventurers will walk the rim of the canyon, explore Monument Valley with a Navajo guide, and trace the vertiginous trails that carve across Zion National Park’s pink sandstone cliffs.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
With a ravishing, at times vertiginous visual approach to filming the natural beauty of the contested land, Martel pays cinematic tribute to people whom history has systematically tried to erase.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
Adjective
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The long drive back to Yolo County late Saturday evening wasn’t such a bore for the UC Davis football coach, his giddy group of Aggies and suddenly weary and sleep-ready sons.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Brewers are giddy with the chance to show up the manager who left them for more money and supposedly a better team in Chicago.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Traditionally, Sean Payton’s teams deploy a revolving personnel carousel that can leave opposing defensive coordinators dizzy.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ten percent impairs performance and leaves you dizzy and faint.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
25 Sep. 2025
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Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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The novel is set in 1984, but the plot keeps sliding backward into the sixties, in woozy reveries that engulf Zoyd like quicksand.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Vertiginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertiginous. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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