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 no one pays IMAX ticket prices for nuanced human drama, and the film’s dizzying climbing scenes and vertiginous don’t-look-down moments are what give it its heart-quickening power.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The vertiginous condensing of fiction and nonfiction, of past and present, has a radically destabilizing effect that’s inseparable from the audacity of Lou’s political vision.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Questlove asserts that the risks are actually more vertiginous for a Black performer.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The 11% decline is slightly less vertiginous than last year’s 13% drop; all told, Comcast has lost 3.748 million video subs since Q3 2022.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The vertiginous condensing of fiction and nonfiction, of past and present, has a radically destabilizing effect that’s inseparable from the audacity of Lou’s political vision.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Questlove asserts that the risks are actually more vertiginous for a Black performer.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The 11% decline is slightly less vertiginous than last year’s 13% drop; all told, Comcast has lost 3.748 million video subs since Q3 2022.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
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The virtuoso sequence that will generate giddy excitement among enthusiasts of Evans’ earlier films is an extended bout of killing and maiming in a nightclub where techno music keeps thumping as bodies keep dropping.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Here are the numbers that got Wall Street giddy: Revenue came in at $10.54 billion, up almost 13% YoY Operating margin hit 31.8%, up from 28.1% last year EPS grew nearly 25% And all this as the rest of tech stumbles around blaming tariffs and macro gloom.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Several staff members at a Broward County school complained of being light-headed and dizzy after a student was found with a bag of pills on campus Wednesday, Miramar police said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Arielle appears to have repeatedly expressed her unease with the hike, including the steep height and feeling dizzy after taking a photo on a tree.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Trailblazer, the follow-up to her 2024 LP Country Curious, is a combination of woozy, mesmeric country songs elegantly paired with indie vibes.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2025
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Related Stories That this tragedy took place on Hollywood’s doorstep adds a woozy, surreal element.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Vertiginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertiginous. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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