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
The 36 rooms occupy floors 41 through 45 of the sleek steel-and-glass tower, offering some of the most vertiginous views of the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre, and the Toronto Islands.
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Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
Adjective
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The day the album launched, 50 Cent reacted to the reference with a post on Instagram, giddy about being the only artist that got a shoutout on the entire ablum.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Apple’s stock is giddier than an 11-year-old who just strong-armed their parents into buying them a smartphone.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Symptoms can include vomiting more than three times a day, feeling constantly dizzy and lightheaded and losing weight.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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 4 Nov. 2025.
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