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
Financial markets – which are dominated by US equities (over 65% of world market cap), are starting 2025 from a vertiginous place.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
At the same time, its writers are clearly going for Melville’s roiling depths and vertiginous existential heights.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Archival film reels captured slices of the sugarcane industry in Java, first established by the Dutch and continuing under Suharto’s regime, coalescing into a kaleidoscopic and vertiginous rereading of the colonial past and an interrogation of historical specters.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Of course, framing it this way overlooks the vertiginous course the Mets traversed to get here.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
At the same time, its writers are clearly going for Melville’s roiling depths and vertiginous existential heights.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Archival film reels captured slices of the sugarcane industry in Java, first established by the Dutch and continuing under Suharto’s regime, coalescing into a kaleidoscopic and vertiginous rereading of the colonial past and an interrogation of historical specters.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Of course, framing it this way overlooks the vertiginous course the Mets traversed to get here.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
Adjective
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No one questioned Bondi’s experience Republicans were giddy when discussing the prospect of Bondi overseeing the Department of Justice.—
Kirby Wilson,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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But traveling with kids has a way of softening FOMO: those stone temples have been there for a millennium, and Tove will only be a giddy six-year-old for a heartbeat.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Foreman tumbled downward in a dizzy, slow-motion-like crash, full-weight, a helpless giant, insensible.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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And now, filmmaker Gia Coppola has constructed a dreamy character piece around Anderson and her dizzy megawatt grin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 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 2 Feb. 2025.
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