vertiginous C2 Topic:Register & Style US /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ See IPA manual Freq #130710 Meanings 1 adj having or causing a whirling sensation This view is vertiginous. 2 adj 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having or causing a... dizzy Word family Derived forms vertiginouslyvertiginousness Etymology From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus. Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # vertiginous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /vɜː(ɹ)ˈtɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ **Frequency rank:** 130710 ## Meanings 1. having or causing a whirling sensation 2. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings). ## Examples - This view is vertiginous. - 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. ## Synonyms - dizzy ## Derived Forms - vertiginously - vertiginousness ## Etymology From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus. ## Topics - Register & Style markdown