SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
vertiginous
adjective
Causing dizziness, especially because of great height.
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The Observatory That Borrowed Dawn · paragraph 4Causing dizziness
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Return to topVertiginous concerns a whirling or dizzy sensation. Steep, precipitous, and towering describe heights or slopes that may cause it but are not equivalent sensations.
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The glass platform offered a vertiginous view of the canyon.
A vertiginous spinning-camera sequence in the hostel's travel film briefly made the seated illustrator dizzy.
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