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vertigo
noun
Reveal meaning and examples
A sensation that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving.
The narrator described a moment of vertigo as the imagined room seemed to spin.
In a dream chapter, disorientation leaves a traveler unable to recognize the station or determine which journey she is supposed to be making. Vertigo appears when the motionless platform seems to rotate beneath her, giving the scene a distinct sensation of movement.