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Synonyms for vertigo


Grammar : Noun
Spell : vur-ti-goh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr tɪˌgoʊ



Définition of vertigo

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin vertigo "dizziness," originally "a whirling or spinning movement," from vertere "to turn" (see versus).
  • noun dizziness
Example sentences :
  • All at once a vertigo seized him and he thought he was going to faint.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • But for the musician, particularly for the song-bird, there is the vertigo of instant applause.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Dick Boobitrapp is a kidnapper and a confederate of Vertigo.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 » by Various
  • The vertigo is a symptom of inirritability, as shewn in Class IV.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • She cowered within the chair as one stricken with a vertigo.
  • Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
  • He clung by foot and hand magnetic pads, sick with nausea and vertigo.
  • Extract from : « The Memory of Mars » by Raymond F. Jones
  • Pierson had a sort of vertigo; if he had moved, he must have fallen down.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
  • Mrs. Forbes with the vertigo, in a small carriage, would be inappropriate.
  • Extract from : « The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne » by Robert Hichens
  • Was it vertigo, or did the ladder or the Tower itself sway in the singing wind?
  • Extract from : « In the Control Tower » by Will Mohler
  • The balloon descended so rapidly that it gave us the vertigo.
  • Extract from : « Up in the Clouds » by R.M. Ballantyne

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