vertiginous

/vərˈtɪdʒənəs/
adjective
  1. Causing or experiencing a feeling of dizziness or spinning, as if things are whirling around.
    • The vertiginous ride on the merry-go-round left the children giggling and dizzy.
    • The vertiginous height of the cliff made her step back from the edge.
    • After spinning in circles, he felt a vertiginous sensation that lasted for minutes.
  2. Extremely high or steep, causing a sense of dizziness.
    • The roller coaster's vertiginous first hill made some riders close their eyes.
    • She lived in a vertiginous skyscraper where the clouds often passed below her window.
    • The hikers paused to admire the vertiginous drop into the canyon below.
  3. Characterized by rapid, confusing change or instability; causing mental disorientation.
    • The vertiginous pace of technological change can be hard to keep up with.
    • The plot of the movie was so vertiginous that I lost track of who was who.
    • After the company merger, employees faced a vertiginous series of policy shifts.
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