Vertiginous

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  • adjective. Turning about an axis; revolving or whirling.
  • adjective. Affected by vertigo; dizzy.
  • adjective. Tending to produce vertigo.
  • adjective. Inclined to change quickly; unstable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turning round; whirling; rotary: as, a vertiginous motion.
  • Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
  • Apt to turn or change; unstable.
  • Apt to make one giddy; inducing giddiness: as, a vertiginous height.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving.
  • adjective. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
  • adjective. Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
  • adjective. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
  • adjective. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
  • Word Usage
    "He wrote surreal portraits of middle-class life reminiscent of Ionesco, though he has said his real influences were English specialists in vertiginous silliness like Lewis Carroll and P.G. Wodehouse."
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    ill  sick  
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    dizz  dizzy  giddy  revolving  rotary