vertiginousness
Head-spinning intense disorientation
The quality of inducing or experiencing vertigo—a spinning, disorienting sensation.
Vertiginousness describes heights, spiraling staircases, or dizzying visual effects: the vertiginousness of the canyon's edge.
It extends to anything overwhelming or destabilizing: the vertiginousness of sudden fame.
Loss of spatial awareness
- lightheadednessSensation of near-fainting
- woozinessUnsteady, disoriented sensation
- unsteadinessLack of firm balance
- giddinessLightheaded, excitable state
faintness · reeling · swaying · imbalance · disequilibrium · befuddlement · confusion · bewilderment
Mild stomach disturbance
- seasicknessNausea from boat motion
- stomach-churningCausing visceral disgust
- woozinessUnsteady, disoriented sensation
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
pallor · clamminess · sweatiness · retching · gagging · sickness · bilious · unwell
Dread of elevated positions
- precipiceSteep rock face
- cliffVertical rock wall
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- overlookMiss or commanding view
abyss · chasm · drop · elevation · altitude · skyscraper · balcony · rooftop
State of uncertain stability
- unsteadinessLack of firm balance
- wobblingMoving unsteadily, wavering
- shakinessState of quivering
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
trembling · faltering · swaying · lurching · tottering · rickety · insecurity · groundlessness
disorientation
Loss of spatial awareness
- lightheadednessSensation of near-fainting
- woozinessUnsteady, disoriented sensation
- unsteadinessLack of firm balance
giddiness · faintness · reeling · swaying · imbalance · disequilibrium · befuddlement · confusion · bewilderment · stupor
queasiness
Mild stomach disturbance
- seasicknessNausea from boat motion
- stomach-churningCausing visceral disgust
- woozinessUnsteady, disoriented sensation
malaise · pallor · clamminess · sweatiness · retching · gagging · sickness · bilious · unwell
acrophobia
Dread of elevated positions
overlook · abyss · chasm · drop · elevation · altitude · skyscraper · balcony · rooftop · escarpment
precariousness
State of uncertain stability
- unsteadinessLack of firm balance
- wobblingMoving unsteadily, wavering
- shakinessState of quivering
teetering · trembling · faltering · swaying · lurching · tottering · rickety · insecurity · groundlessness · off-balance
whirling
Rotating swiftly in place
twirling · spiraling · revolving · carousel · vortex · centrifuge · merry-go-round · pirouette · dervish · cyclone
vertiginousnesssteadiness
State of being constant
stability · balance · equilibrium · groundedness · sure-footedness
vertiginousnessclarity
State of being understandable
composure · clear-headedness · levelheadedness · equanimity · collectedness
convert, vertical, advertise, dizziness, divert, invert, revert, vertigo, introvert