giddiness
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈɡɪdiness/
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mareo
- He peeked through his eyelids with the giddiness of a child on Christmas Eve waiting for Santa Claus.
- feel giddiness
- Giddiness came
Examples
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Instead, he felt a jazz band of giddiness erupt into full swing in his head.
Fiction book (1999) -
A wave of light-headed giddiness swept over him, and his knees felt loose and rubbery.
Fiction book (1990) -
And I felt the same giddiness that standing out in the sun all day would have made me feel.
Fiction book (1993) -
In her giddiness, she heard him.
Fiction book (1994) -
This seemed like a giddiness very close to tears.
Fiction book (1998) -
It was a moment of high giddiness, the liquor speaking, I told myself.
Fiction book (1995) -
She knew she was tired and the hour was late because she could feel giddiness sneaking up on her.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the same time, the patient also had drowsiness, headache, fever, disorientation, and giddiness.
Academic text (2007) -
Dan Randolph felt a wave of giddiness wash over him as he stood at his hotel window and looked down into the rugged gorge of the Júcar River.
Fiction book (2001) -
As she climbed to the top of the roller coaster, a rush of giddiness filled her with joy.
Synonyms
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2.9
A feeling of being unsteady or about to fall, often with a spinning feeling
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7.8
A feeling that you or the room is spinning and you may fall
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3.8
Your body or the room seems to spin and you may lose balance
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7.8
A feeling of dizziness and unsteadiness that can make you faint
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5.6
A feeling of dizziness and faintness as if you might lose your balance
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5.4
A feeling of being dizzy, lightheaded and slightly confused
A feeling of being slightly dazed and unsteady after shock, illness, or no sleep
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Giddiness comes from the old word giddy, which once meant 'mentally unsteady' or 'foolish' and later described the feeling of your head spinning. So, giddiness now means a 'dizzy' or 'light-headed' feeling.