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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