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
But Jávea, set about 25 miles north of the Costa Blanca, where the coastline’s long, sandy beaches give way to craggy bays and vertiginous cliffs, did it differently.
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Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Anti-Atlas Mountains, which run to the southeast of the High Atlas, have quite a different visual character and are less vertiginous.
—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025
While the vertiginous rise of home prices in the country has slowed down nationwide, it is still being propped up by markets in the Northeast where inventory remains tight, as Gerli said.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Thus, the slow, deliberate pacing of Undersight served as a direct rejoinder to the vertiginous scale and scope of the current political onslaught.
—Gayatri Gopinath, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
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Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The Anti-Atlas Mountains, which run to the southeast of the High Atlas, have quite a different visual character and are less vertiginous.
—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025
While the vertiginous rise of home prices in the country has slowed down nationwide, it is still being propped up by markets in the Northeast where inventory remains tight, as Gerli said.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Thus, the slow, deliberate pacing of Undersight served as a direct rejoinder to the vertiginous scale and scope of the current political onslaught.
—Gayatri Gopinath, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
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Online, giddy takes on Operation Epic Fury described it as a checkmate move against China, rather than a war of choice against Iran.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Hudson Williams also makes a cameo as one of the giddy skaters, a sweet nod to his actual friendship with Storrie (and, of course, a seemingly necessary offering to the feral studio audience).—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Staff described students being unable to focus, becoming dizzy and even fainting.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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When the ride stopped, the dizzy players rushed to an empty carnival to look for money before racing back and grabbing a seat on the attraction, as seats were removed each round in a musical‑chairs‑style elimination.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Feb. 2026
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Few rappers kicked off the 2010s with more buzz than A$AP Rocky, who along with his A$AP Mob collective swept through New York and eventually the whole country with his easy swagger, woozy beats and electric rhymes.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
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Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Vertiginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertiginous. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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