giddiness

Examples

• All

• You expect optimism and giddiness, wouldn't you?

  Blog text (28)

• Della knew she should keep her mouth shut, but she had her own share of giddiness bubbling up.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I initially felt giddiness, as if the whole process were a silly exercise that I could easily control.

  Academic text (1999)

• Later, I reflected on the giddiness I felt about our potential relationship in the form of a poem:

  Fiction book (1996)

• It's sheer giddiness at simply making the playoffs.

  Blog text (21)

• Jeremy broke away free and clear, blue eyes aflame, face stern but with a barely masked giddiness.

  Fiction book (1998)

• He yielded to the giddiness, laughing at what one disgraced eccentric could accomplish.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The children squealed with giddiness as they ran toward the amusement park entrance.

• During the wedding, the couple's giddiness was contagious, making everyone smile.

Synonyms

S

silliness

vsgiddiness

29 2.6

Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny

tends to be impulsive and scatterbrained because of excitement

G

goofiness

vsgiddiness

• Informal

2 3.2

A way of acting that is silly, playful, and often makes people laugh

is more about excited, impulsive acting and scattered thinking

I

impetuosity

vsgiddiness

1 8.9

A tendency to act quickly without thinking that causes rash decisions

is driven by excitement and tends to be scatterbrained rather than purely rash

Antonyms

S

seriousness

53 2.7

A calm and honest way of speaking or acting that shows you mean what you say

T

thoughtfulness

2 3.8

Careful, long attention to an idea before deciding

How Flighty

flightiness

8.1

impulsiveness

4 5.9

giddiness

1 5.7

distractibility

1 7.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology