tontura — meaning in English

English meaning

• dizziness noun A spinning or unsteady sensation, often accompanied by feeling faint or off-balance.
• trance noun A dreamlike, semi-conscious state in which someone is not fully aware of their surroundings.
• vertigo noun A spinning sensation and loss of balance, often triggered by heights or inner-ear problems.

Senses

tontura is used for these senses in English:

• trance (countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
• vertigo A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

trance — full definition

1. noun A dreamlike, semi-conscious state in which someone is not fully aware of their surroundings.
2. noun A genre of electronic dance music with repetitive, hypnotic rhythms.
3. verb To put someone into a trance; to entrance.

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