"vertiginous" meaning in English

See vertiginous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vertiginous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more vertiginous [comparative], most vertiginous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|vertigineux}} Middle French vertigineux, {{der|en|la|vertīginōsus}} Latin vertīginōsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} vertiginous (comparative more vertiginous, superlative most vertiginous)
  1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards. Translations (Having an aspect of great depth): głęboki (Polish)
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  2. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
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  3. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
    (medicine) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
    Translations (Inducing giddiness or vertigo): schwindelerregend (German), przyprawiający o zawrót głowy (Polish), vertiginoso [masculine] (Portuguese), vertiginoso (Spanish), svindlande (Swedish)
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  4. Revolving; rotating; rotatory. Translations (Revolving, rotating): въртящ се (vărtjašt se) (Bulgarian), obracający się (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antivertiginous, nonvertiginous, vertiginously, vertiginousness Translations (Pertaining to vertigo): шеметен (šemeten) (Bulgarian), āmai (Māori), aniroro (Māori), związany z zawrotami głowy (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'Pertaining to vertigo': 0 49 49 1
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "What began as a drop in support for Israel among younger Democrats has become a vertiginous, across-the-board collapse.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vertigo",
          "vertigo"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).",
        "Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vertigo",
          "vertigo"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "giddiness",
          "giddy"
        ],
        [
          "vertigo",
          "vertigo"
        ],
        [
          "dizziness",
          "dizziness"
        ],
        [
          "whirl",
          "whirl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).",
        "(medicine) Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Revolving; rotating; rotatory."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Revolving",
          "revolve"
        ],
        [
          "rotating",
          "rotate"
        ],
        [
          "rotatory",
          "rotatory"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Having an aspect of great depth",
      "word": "głęboki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Inducing giddiness or vertigo",
      "word": "schwindelerregend"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Inducing giddiness or vertigo",
      "word": "przyprawiający o zawrót głowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Inducing giddiness or vertigo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vertiginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Inducing giddiness or vertigo",
      "word": "vertiginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Inducing giddiness or vertigo",
      "word": "svindlande"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "šemeten",
      "sense": "Pertaining to vertigo",
      "word": "шеметен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "Pertaining to vertigo",
      "word": "āmai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "Pertaining to vertigo",
      "word": "aniroro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Pertaining to vertigo",
      "word": "związany z zawrotami głowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "vărtjašt se",
      "sense": "Revolving, rotating",
      "word": "въртящ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Revolving, rotating",
      "word": "obracający się"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vertiginous"
}

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