giddy
adjective/ˈɡɪdi/
/ˈɡɪdi/
(comparative giddier, superlative giddiest)
- [not usually before noun] feeling that everything is moving and that you are going to fall synonym dizzy
- When I looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
Extra Examples- He felt tired and giddy from the sleeping pill.
- I was giddy with the heat.
- My mum came over all giddy and had to sit down.
- Steep stairs may leave you giddy and faint.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- positively
- a little
- slightly
- …
- from
- with
- [not usually before noun] giddy (with something) so happy and excited that you cannot behave normally
- She was giddy with happiness.
- She was giddy with anticipation about spending two months with her father.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- positively
- a little
- slightly
- …
- from
- with
- [usually before noun] making you feel as if you are about to fall
- The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed.
- (figurative) the giddy heights of success
- (old-fashioned) (of people) not serious synonym silly
- Isabel’s giddy young sister
Word OriginOld English gidig ‘insane’, literally ‘possessed by a god’, from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English.
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