vertiginous

English

Adjective

vertiginous (comparative more vertiginous, superlative most vertiginous)

1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
2. Inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
3. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).
4. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暈眩的 (cmn)

• Finnish: huimaava, pyörryttävä
• French: vertigineux
• German: schwindelnd (de), schwindelerregend (de), vertiginös (de)

• Icelandic: svimandi (is)
• Norwegian: svimlende (no)
• Portuguese: vertiginoso (pt) m
• Spanish: vertiginoso (es) m

Derived terms

• vertiginously
• vertiginousness

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989