Definition of vertiginous in English:

vertiginous

adjective vəːˈtɪdʒɪnəsvərˈtɪdʒənəs

1Extremely high or steep.
vertiginous drops to the valleys below
Example sentencesExamples
- And the percentage of total births that are illegitimate has held relatively steady in recent years, after a vertiginous 50-year climb.
- Be sure to pay a visit to the cliffs at Old Head of Kinsale as you head out, but beware - their vertiginous drop will put Blarney Castle in the shade.
- We made our way along a vertiginous precipice, the vast drainage of Muddy Creek spread below us like some scarlet kingdom.
- To reach the outside world, you have to drive 50 miles of vertiginous, winding canyon roads, where cell-phone service is dodgy at best.
- Where Calvino's book explores the vertiginous possibilities of literature, Cloud Atlas is about humankind's possibilities.
- As in the New York skyscraper photographs that followed, Church Street El features the blank faces of several buildings seen from a steep vertiginous view.
- This year's vertiginous drop in the Nasdaq market has caused Shin to rethink its timing, but its preparations are well advanced.
- Hadid's graphics remind me of the steep perspectives and vertiginous sweep of illustrations in science fiction comics.
- Suddenly, just ahead, it plunged down into the most vertiginous descent I'd ever seen, not counting the Drop Zone at the local amusement park.
- Their journey is over high mountain passes, through the narrowest of ridges with vertiginous drops on either side.
- Perched on a rock precipice, the site is unassailable from three sides, with a vertiginous 1000 feet drop at one end.
- Whereas Light Extracts took you from vertiginous loops to sheer noise terror, Connected's delights emerge in the details.
Synonyms
steep, sheer, high, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, dizzy, vertical, bluff
1. 1.1 Relating to or affected by vertigo.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Often using samples with their pitch shifted upwards, he makes the tracks ripple around Jay-Z's voice, lighter than air and slightly vertiginous.
  Although it is tempting to get close to the edge the terrain is daunting - a 12m drop deters clumsy, vertiginous or litigious tourists.
  As she lifted herself up from the computer console, walking towards her cabin in a dizzy, almost vertiginous way, she tripped on a sharp object.
  I felt vertiginous just looking up at the ceiling.
  The other sightseers will not distract you as you gaze in awed silence (or perhaps vertiginous terror) at the fairy-tale islands of rock amidst the cloud.
  In this vertiginous mode, Armantrout can sound less like other ‘Language writers’ than like an improbably terse stand-up comic.

Derivatives

vertiginously

adverb

With an estimated price of $40-50 million, the bidding started at $20m and rose vertiginously.
Example sentencesExamples
- Inside the Lada, the mood swings vertiginously between country-lovesick and Elvis Crespo's power salsa.
- There is something vertiginously sublime about contemplating timescales that are exponentially longer than our own lives.
- The road twists vertiginously around sharp drop-offs, and nighttime is when poisonous fer-de-lance snakes slither across the road.
- Again the scene was skewed and vertiginously raked.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo 'whirling about' (see vertigo).

Rhymes

fuliginous, indigenous, oxygenous, polygynous, rubiginous

Definition of vertiginous in US English:

vertiginous

adjectivevərˈtɪdʒənəsvərˈtijənəs

1Causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep.
vertiginous drops to the valleys below
Example sentencesExamples
- As in the New York skyscraper photographs that followed, Church Street El features the blank faces of several buildings seen from a steep vertiginous view.
- Be sure to pay a visit to the cliffs at Old Head of Kinsale as you head out, but beware - their vertiginous drop will put Blarney Castle in the shade.
- We made our way along a vertiginous precipice, the vast drainage of Muddy Creek spread below us like some scarlet kingdom.
- Hadid's graphics remind me of the steep perspectives and vertiginous sweep of illustrations in science fiction comics.
- To reach the outside world, you have to drive 50 miles of vertiginous, winding canyon roads, where cell-phone service is dodgy at best.
- This year's vertiginous drop in the Nasdaq market has caused Shin to rethink its timing, but its preparations are well advanced.
- Perched on a rock precipice, the site is unassailable from three sides, with a vertiginous 1000 feet drop at one end.
- Their journey is over high mountain passes, through the narrowest of ridges with vertiginous drops on either side.
- Where Calvino's book explores the vertiginous possibilities of literature, Cloud Atlas is about humankind's possibilities.
- And the percentage of total births that are illegitimate has held relatively steady in recent years, after a vertiginous 50-year climb.
- Whereas Light Extracts took you from vertiginous loops to sheer noise terror, Connected's delights emerge in the details.
- Suddenly, just ahead, it plunged down into the most vertiginous descent I'd ever seen, not counting the Drop Zone at the local amusement park.
Synonyms
steep, sheer, high, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, dizzy, vertical, bluff
1. 1.1 Relating to or affected by vertigo.
  Example sentencesExamples
  As she lifted herself up from the computer console, walking towards her cabin in a dizzy, almost vertiginous way, she tripped on a sharp object.
  Often using samples with their pitch shifted upwards, he makes the tracks ripple around Jay-Z's voice, lighter than air and slightly vertiginous.
  The other sightseers will not distract you as you gaze in awed silence (or perhaps vertiginous terror) at the fairy-tale islands of rock amidst the cloud.
  In this vertiginous mode, Armantrout can sound less like other ‘Language writers’ than like an improbably terse stand-up comic.
  I felt vertiginous just looking up at the ceiling.
  Although it is tempting to get close to the edge the terrain is daunting - a 12m drop deters clumsy, vertiginous or litigious tourists.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling about’ (see vertigo).

单词	vertiginous
释义	Definition of vertiginous in English: vertiginous adjective vəːˈtɪdʒɪnəsvərˈtɪdʒənəs 1Extremely high or steep. vertiginous drops to the valleys below Example sentencesExamples And the percentage of total births that are illegitimate has held relatively steady in recent years, after a vertiginous 50-year climb. Be sure to pay a visit to the cliffs at Old Head of Kinsale as you head out, but beware - their vertiginous drop will put Blarney Castle in the shade. We made our way along a vertiginous precipice, the vast drainage of Muddy Creek spread below us like some scarlet kingdom. To reach the outside world, you have to drive 50 miles of vertiginous, winding canyon roads, where cell-phone service is dodgy at best. Where Calvino's book explores the vertiginous possibilities of literature, Cloud Atlas is about humankind's possibilities. As in the New York skyscraper photographs that followed, Church Street El features the blank faces of several buildings seen from a steep vertiginous view. This year's vertiginous drop in the Nasdaq market has caused Shin to rethink its timing, but its preparations are well advanced. Hadid's graphics remind me of the steep perspectives and vertiginous sweep of illustrations in science fiction comics. Suddenly, just ahead, it plunged down into the most vertiginous descent I'd ever seen, not counting the Drop Zone at the local amusement park. Their journey is over high mountain passes, through the narrowest of ridges with vertiginous drops on either side. Perched on a rock precipice, the site is unassailable from three sides, with a vertiginous 1000 feet drop at one end. Whereas Light Extracts took you from vertiginous loops to sheer noise terror, Connected's delights emerge in the details. Synonyms steep, sheer, high, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, dizzy, vertical, bluff 1.1 Relating to or affected by vertigo. Example sentencesExamples Often using samples with their pitch shifted upwards, he makes the tracks ripple around Jay-Z's voice, lighter than air and slightly vertiginous. Although it is tempting to get close to the edge the terrain is daunting - a 12m drop deters clumsy, vertiginous or litigious tourists. As she lifted herself up from the computer console, walking towards her cabin in a dizzy, almost vertiginous way, she tripped on a sharp object. I felt vertiginous just looking up at the ceiling. The other sightseers will not distract you as you gaze in awed silence (or perhaps vertiginous terror) at the fairy-tale islands of rock amidst the cloud. In this vertiginous mode, Armantrout can sound less like other ‘Language writers’ than like an improbably terse stand-up comic. Derivatives vertiginously adverb With an estimated price of $40-50 million, the bidding started at $20m and rose vertiginously. Example sentencesExamples Inside the Lada, the mood swings vertiginously between country-lovesick and Elvis Crespo's power salsa. There is something vertiginously sublime about contemplating timescales that are exponentially longer than our own lives. The road twists vertiginously around sharp drop-offs, and nighttime is when poisonous fer-de-lance snakes slither across the road. Again the scene was skewed and vertiginously raked. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo 'whirling about' (see vertigo). Rhymes fuliginous, indigenous, oxygenous, polygynous, rubiginous Definition of vertiginous in US English: vertiginous adjectivevərˈtɪdʒənəsvərˈtijənəs 1Causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep. vertiginous drops to the valleys below Example sentencesExamples As in the New York skyscraper photographs that followed, Church Street El features the blank faces of several buildings seen from a steep vertiginous view. Be sure to pay a visit to the cliffs at Old Head of Kinsale as you head out, but beware - their vertiginous drop will put Blarney Castle in the shade. We made our way along a vertiginous precipice, the vast drainage of Muddy Creek spread below us like some scarlet kingdom. Hadid's graphics remind me of the steep perspectives and vertiginous sweep of illustrations in science fiction comics. To reach the outside world, you have to drive 50 miles of vertiginous, winding canyon roads, where cell-phone service is dodgy at best. This year's vertiginous drop in the Nasdaq market has caused Shin to rethink its timing, but its preparations are well advanced. Perched on a rock precipice, the site is unassailable from three sides, with a vertiginous 1000 feet drop at one end. Their journey is over high mountain passes, through the narrowest of ridges with vertiginous drops on either side. Where Calvino's book explores the vertiginous possibilities of literature, Cloud Atlas is about humankind's possibilities. And the percentage of total births that are illegitimate has held relatively steady in recent years, after a vertiginous 50-year climb. Whereas Light Extracts took you from vertiginous loops to sheer noise terror, Connected's delights emerge in the details. Suddenly, just ahead, it plunged down into the most vertiginous descent I'd ever seen, not counting the Drop Zone at the local amusement park. Synonyms steep, sheer, high, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, dizzy, vertical, bluff 1.1 Relating to or affected by vertigo. Example sentencesExamples As she lifted herself up from the computer console, walking towards her cabin in a dizzy, almost vertiginous way, she tripped on a sharp object. Often using samples with their pitch shifted upwards, he makes the tracks ripple around Jay-Z's voice, lighter than air and slightly vertiginous. The other sightseers will not distract you as you gaze in awed silence (or perhaps vertiginous terror) at the fairy-tale islands of rock amidst the cloud. In this vertiginous mode, Armantrout can sound less like other ‘Language writers’ than like an improbably terse stand-up comic. I felt vertiginous just looking up at the ceiling. Although it is tempting to get close to the edge the terrain is daunting - a 12m drop deters clumsy, vertiginous or litigious tourists. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo ‘whirling about’ (see vertigo).
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