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
Per Nielsen, the spike in deliveries between Game 6 and Game 7 is vertiginous, with an average boost of 43.7%, or from 18.2 million to 26.1 million.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 June 2025
The pace of this vertiginous home price growth, however, has started slowing down this year thanks to rising inventory.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Rooting for them felt like being on a rollercoaster whose entire path was a vertiginous drop.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
On the one hand, this highlights the vertiginous speed at which the field is developing.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 June 2025
The pace of this vertiginous home price growth, however, has started slowing down this year thanks to rising inventory.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Rooting for them felt like being on a rollercoaster whose entire path was a vertiginous drop.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
On the one hand, this highlights the vertiginous speed at which the field is developing.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
Adjective
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The game was a lot like that scene, a giddy kaleidoscope of touchdowns and fun.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
16 July 2025
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The broad market rode a giddy melt-up in mega-cap tech right into the second week of July 2024 before at first a radical internal rotation and then a broader pullback generated the only serious setback of that year.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Some users have reported feeling dizzy and nauseated from playing VR for too long.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Both have the woozy, maddening force of a carousel stuck in overdrive.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Victims may see a bruise or small red mark at the injection site and, if injected with an unknown substance, report blurry vision, nausea, or feeling woozy, dizzy, and even loss of consciousness, according to Spike Aware UK's website.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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“Vertiginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertiginous. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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