Dictionary

vertiginous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

Etymology

From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.

Meanings

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 Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2026:
3. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings). ▸ Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
4. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

Forms

Deriveds

nonvertiginous · antivertiginous · vertiginously · vertiginousness

Translations (12)

bg шеметен (Pertaining to vertigo) · pt vertiginoso (Inducing giddiness or vertigo) · bg въртящ се (Revolving, rotating) · pl głęboki (Having an aspect of great depth) · pl przyprawiający o zawrót głowy (Inducing giddiness or vertigo) · de schwindelerregend (Inducing giddiness or vertigo) · pl związany z zawrotami głowy (Pertaining to vertigo) · mi āmai (Pertaining to vertigo) · sv svindlande (Inducing giddiness or vertigo) · es vertiginoso (Inducing giddiness or vertigo) · pl obracający się (Revolving, rotating) · mi aniroro (Pertaining to vertigo)