Vertiginous (Adjective)
Meaning
Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The amusement park ride was known for its vertiginous drops and sharp turns that left riders screaming.
- As I stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon, I felt a vertiginous sense of dizziness wash over me.
- The vertiginous staircase spiraled upward in a dizzying whirl of stone and steel.
- The hikers' vertiginous climb up the mountain was made more treacherous by the dense fog that rolled in.
- The architect's design for the skyscraper featured a vertiginous atrium that seemed to stretch up to the clouds.