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
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.
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Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 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—once elected, as experts say prices will likely go even higher throughout the year.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Yet something in the book is profoundly destabilizing, turning it into a wonderfully vertiginous read.
—Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Murakami is a sentimentalist at heart, and the novel isn’t shy about reminding readers that its titular walls are a metaphor, in part, for the similarly vertiginous barriers that separate one human heart from another.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 6 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—once elected, as experts say prices will likely go even higher throughout the year.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Yet something in the book is profoundly destabilizing, turning it into a wonderfully vertiginous read.
—Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Murakami is a sentimentalist at heart, and the novel isn’t shy about reminding readers that its titular walls are a metaphor, in part, for the similarly vertiginous barriers that separate one human heart from another.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertiginous
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Somewhere up there in Hoops Heaven, Stormin’ Norman Sloan is one giddy Gator who is almost certainly feeling validated and vindicated about the SEC’s basketball awakening.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Indian cricket legend Harmanpreet Kaur was euphoric, roaring loudly into the Mumbai sky and echoed by 15,000 giddy fans at the Brabourne Stadium.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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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
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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 5 Apr. 2025.
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