whirl
Feeling word · 2 styles
A body turning about one axis. Concentric arcs and radial smear, value cycling; edge blurred by motion; high arousal. Of loading spinners, serpentine figures.
Styles
Antonio da Trento (Italian, c. 1508–c. 1550) / Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540) (1540s) · Circe Giving Drink to the Companions of Ulysses · CC0 
Edward Alexander Wadsworth (British, 1889–1949) (1914–1915) · Illustration (Typhoon) · CC0
Co-occurs with
- anamorphosis
- willowy
- spiral
- sinuous
- interlace
- warping
- rolling fold
- rise and fall
- tautness
- cold hardness
- fervour
- acute
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