vertiginous

comparative more vertiginous · superlative most vertiginous

1. Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
2. Pertaining to vertigo (in all its meanings).

   What began as a drop in support for Israel among younger Democrats has become a vertiginous, across-the-board collapse.

   2026 May 21, Simon Montlake, “Among Democrats, support for Israel is crumbling – with major implications”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2026

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   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.

   2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023

   1. medicineInducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, dizziness or of whirling.
3. Revolving; rotating; rotatory.