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
Questlove asserts that the risks are actually more vertiginous for a Black performer.
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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
Murnau’s famously arresting use of shadows to visualize the vampire’s defiling reach is reimagined when those shadows in this new version extend themselves in a 360-degree pan that evokes their vertiginous inescapability.
—Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The vertiginous rise of egg prices is undermining President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to bring down the cost of living—and specifically the cost of the beloved staple.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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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
Murnau’s famously arresting use of shadows to visualize the vampire’s defiling reach is reimagined when those shadows in this new version extend themselves in a 360-degree pan that evokes their vertiginous inescapability.
—Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The vertiginous rise of egg prices is undermining President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to bring down the cost of living—and specifically the cost of the beloved staple.
—Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
Adjective
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Mountain, his latest venture, is more expansive in all respects—more seats, fancier grills, a bigger playbook of influences and techniques—while retaining the giddy obsession with sourcing that has become Parry’s signature.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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When the friends head to the public library to attend their first minicomics convention, their giddy, nervous excitement is palpable.—
James Sturm,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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However, anyone attempting to follow the bouncing tariff proposals may get dizzy.—
Bruce Yandle,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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Maddie looks dizzy and panicked (more great face acting from Jennifer Love Hewitt).—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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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There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.—
Peter Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Vertiginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertiginous. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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