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vertiginous

/vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

vertiginous adjective: having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.

Adjective

vertiginous (comparative more vertiginous, superlative most vertiginous)

  1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
  2. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
    • GPT-4 didn’t give me an existential crisis. But it exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately.2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023
    • What began as a drop in support for Israel among younger Democrats has become a vertiginous, across-the-board collapse.2026 May 21, Simon Montlake, “Among Democrats, support for Israel is crumbling – with major implications”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Science Publishing...
    1. Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
  3. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

vertiginous meaning in Urdu and Bengali

vertiginous in Urdu

چکر دار, چکراتا ہوا, ڈھل مل

vertiginous in Bengali

মাথা ঘোরানো

Forms of vertiginous

comparativemore vertiginous
superlativemost vertiginous

Origin of vertiginous

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

Words formed from vertiginous

Questions about vertiginous

What does vertiginous mean?
Vertiginous means having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
What is vertiginous in Urdu?
Vertiginous in Urdu is چکر دار, چکراتا ہوا, ڈھل مل. See Vertiginous meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is vertiginous?
Vertiginous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vertiginous?
Vertiginous is pronounced /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/.

Words near vertiginous in the dictionary

  1. vertiginated
  2. vertiginates
  3. vertiginating
  4. vertiginid
  5. vertiginids
  6. vertiginous
  7. vertiginously
  8. vertiginousness
  9. vertigo
  10. vertigoes
  11. vertigos

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