Vertiginous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Turning about an axis; revolving or whirling.
  • adj. Affected by vertigo; dizzy. See Synonyms at giddy.
  • adj. Tending to produce vertigo: "my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown” ( Diana Cooper).
  • adj. Inclined to change quickly; unstable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
  • adj. Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
  • adj. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
  • adj. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving.
  • adj. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turning round; whirling; rotary: as, a vertiginous motion.
  • Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
  • Apt to turn or change; unstable.
  • Apt to make one giddy; inducing giddiness: as, a vertiginous height.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
  • Equivalent
    ill    sick   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    whirling    rotary    revolving    giddy    dizzy    dizz   
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