vertigo
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- noun
- /ˈvɜːrtɪɡoʊ/
- Specialized
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vértigo
- If you have vertigo, you might feel like the ground is spinning beneath you.
- vertigo, often with nausea
- episodic vertigo
- vertigo spells
Now, Speaking of feeling nauseous, some people suffer from Vertigo, some people feel dizzy, some people get lightheaded.
- Now, Speaking of feeling nauseous, some people suffer from Vertigo, some people feel dizzy, some people get lightheaded.
- I was moved by the way she paused whenever she experienced Vertigo and spontaneously started singing as a way to find her rhythm.
- But for that person to expect to be like, you know, what they should do for people with Vertigo to slow down the roller coasters and make it more of a scenic ride.
- I do, and I'm aware of it because my anxiety brings Vertigo, dizziness and love of breath.
- But you ought to have some sort of feeling, perhaps something like a Vertigo or confusion in hearing this.
- with brain injuries, with rare genetic disorders, with Vertigo, tinnitus, all kidney failure.
- And he's like, that's how you're walking to the bathroom and they're holding and you're so you have Vertigo and you're shaken.
- And OK, some of it seems to be sort of slight feelings of Vertigo or sickness, and I'm not sure they've actually tracked that.
- Like there was there was this kind of Vertigo and, and wanting that scene to work and knowing that we'd shot the kids nine years earlier with this stuff.
- And my brother, they go and get it checked out because they're worried about Vertigo and they have an incidental finding where the guy has an intact aneurysm.
Examples
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Now, Speaking of feeling nauseous, some people suffer from Vertigo, some people feel dizzy, some people get lightheaded.
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It's almost like a... feeling of vertigo.
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Do you suffer from vertigo?
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This simple thing that you thought you were looking at, it suddenly takes on layers and depth so complex, it gives you vertigo.
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"I feel a kind of vertigo," she said, twitching like live flesh on fire.
Fiction book (1999) -
Gerald sagged against the wall as a wave of vertigo passed through him.
Fiction book (1998) -
Are you experiencing any vertigo, nausea or dizziness?
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After riding the roller coaster, she felt a sensation of vertigo that made her dizzy.
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The heights of the mountain gave him a sudden feeling of vertigo as he looked down.
Synonyms
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A feeling of being unsteady or about to fall, often with a spinning feeling
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7.8
A feeling of dizziness and unsteadiness that can make you faint
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A feeling of being dizzy, lightheaded and slightly confused
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A feeling of dizziness and faintness as if you might lose your balance
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A feeling of dizziness and light-headedness sometimes with excitement
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vertigo comes from the Latin root vert- meaning 'turn'. So vertigo is like an old word for 'turning', which helps you remember its modern meaning: a spinning, dizzy feeling as if you or the room is turning.