vertigo
/ˈvɜrtɪɡoʊ/
noun
- A feeling of dizziness or spinning, often caused by looking down from a high place or by an inner ear problem.
- Standing at the edge of the cliff gave me a sudden sense of vertigo.
- Her vertigo made it hard to walk down the stairs without holding the railing.
- The doctor said his vertigo was caused by an infection in his inner ear.
- A feeling of confusion or disorientation, as if things are spinning out of control.
- After the accident, she experienced a mental vertigo that made it hard to focus.
- The constant news updates gave him a kind of vertigo, unable to keep up with what was true.
- The rapid changes in the company's leadership left employees with a sense of vertigo.