vertiginousness

vertiginousness
The quality of being vertiginous.

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  • Vertiginousness — Vertiginous Ver*tig i*nous, a. [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See {Vertig??}.] 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion. [1913 Webster] Some vertiginous whirl of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vertiginousness — See vertiginously. * * * …   Universalium

  • vertiginousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A sensation of whirling or fjslling: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo, wooziness. See AWARENESS …   English dictionary for students

  • vertiginousness — vertigˈinousness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑vertigo …   Useful english dictionary

  • vertiginous — vertiginously, adv. vertiginousness, n. /veuhr tij euh neuhs/, adj. 1. whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air. 2. affected with vertigo; dizzy. 3. liable or threatening to cause vertigo: a vertiginous climb. 4. apt to change… …   Universalium

  • dizziness — Synonyms and related words: abscess, addleheadedness, addlepatedness, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion …   Moby Thesaurus

  • drunkenness — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, a high, alcoholism, befuddlement, besottedness, bibulousness, compotation, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, dipsomania, dizziness, drinking, ebriosity, excess, excessiveness, extravagance, fuddle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • swimming — Synonyms and related words: Australian crawl, Rugby, acrobatics, agonistics, aquaplaning, aquatic, aquatics, association football, athletics, backstroke, balneal, balneation, bathe, bathing, breaststroke, butterfly, crawl, deep sea, diving,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • vertigo — Synonyms and related words: abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • vertigo — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dizziness, giddiness, vertiginous. See insanity, rotation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dizziness, reeling, giddiness; see disease . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. dizziness, unsteadyness, whirling,… …   English dictionary for students

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