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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Comprising rows of greenery that sloped upward into a vertiginous pyramid, the plants sprouted over the course of the exhibitions and were eventually given away to visitors.
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 17 June 2024
Occasionally, Galactus — who most often appears as a towering man wearing a vertiginous helmet with two striking antennae — has even worked with the Fantastic Four (and the Avengers) to defeat other enemies.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 9 May 2024
The 1980s saw a vertiginous rise in the number of people, children as well as adults, who claimed to have been abused by devil worshipers.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
And Fanon does understand, better than any other thinker, the vertiginous high of standing over your tormentor, of regaining a sense of agency.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 17 June 2024
Occasionally, Galactus — who most often appears as a towering man wearing a vertiginous helmet with two striking antennae — has even worked with the Fantastic Four (and the Avengers) to defeat other enemies.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 9 May 2024
The 1980s saw a vertiginous rise in the number of people, children as well as adults, who claimed to have been abused by devil worshipers.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
And Fanon does understand, better than any other thinker, the vertiginous high of standing over your tormentor, of regaining a sense of agency.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Vertiginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertiginous. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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