Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.

  2. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

  3. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

    Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.

    schwindelerregend

  4. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

More definitions
  • having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

Examples

1 sentences
  1. All rooftops without railings are vertiginous to me, even if I stand far from the ledge.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
Inducing giddiness or vertigo:

Origin

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

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Forms

more vertiginous, most vertiginous
Comparativemore vertiginous Lesson
Superlativemost vertiginous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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