vertiginous

ver·tig·i·nous  (vr-tj-ns)

adj.

1. Turning about an axis; revolving or whirling.

2. Affected by vertigo; dizzy. See Synonyms at giddy.

3. Tending to produce vertigo: "my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown" (Diana Cooper).

4. Inclined to change quickly; unstable.

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[From Latin vertg, vertgin-, a whirling, from vertere, to turn; see version.]

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ver·tigi·nous·ly adv.

ver·tigi·nous·ness n.

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vertiginous

Adjective

producing dizziness

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

vertiginous - having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" dizzy, giddy, woozy ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"