Synonyms for vertiginous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ver-tij-uh-nuh s

Phonetic Transcription : vərˈtɪdʒ ə nəs

Définition of vertiginous

Origin : c.1600, "of the nature of vertigo," from French vertigineux, from Latin vertiginosus "suffering from dizziness," from vertigo (see vertigo).

adj dizzying

Example sentences :

Would she have prevented him from ever scaling his vertiginous Peak?
Extract from : « The Golden Bowl » by Henry James

"You raise me to vertiginous heights," said Amaldi in the same tone.
Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives

Amid this vertiginous tempest of tones Debora danced the Dance of Space.
Extract from : « Visionaries » by James Huneker

The vertiginous noise in the ears has been explained in Section XX.
Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. I » by Erasmus Darwin

With a sudden bound that was meant to take it unaware, he was off, along the crest, at vertiginous speed.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

Then the vertiginous motion of the human top would overpower the force of gravitation.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 » by Various

But it is very humorous in itself, and the extensions and applications of it are illimitable and vertiginous.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury

And a fellow who isn't afraid of anything; a kind of squirrel, just as he is who climbs to vertiginous heights to shake down nuts.
Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert

They had reduced themselves to motion in a universe of motions, with an acceleration, in their own case of vertiginous violence.
Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

A vertiginous faintness brought him half tumbling and half rolling back into his chair, wheezing and moist with sweat.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

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