giddy

Examples

• All

• The liquor that had made her so giddy was now putting her to sleep.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I felt so sick and giddy, I just had to come in and have a brandy.

  Stage Fright (1950)

• I was giddy with the weather, the architecture all out in the open, the history.

  Fiction book (1993)

• OK, I'm starting to feel giddy inside.

• In Tibet, the thin air made people giddy, and they laughed at everything you said.

  Fiction book (1994)

• As Vera's jeep disappeared around the curve of Main Street, June felt a giddy sensation.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Every visitor to the summit of this dormant volcano is giddy, and not just from thin air.

  Blog text (6)

• With the suddenness of a pricked soap bubble, the migraine disappeared, leaving her unbalanced, almost giddy.

  Fiction book (1995)

• After spinning in circles, I felt giddy and had to hold onto the wall for support.

• The news of her promotion left him giddy with excitement and a sense of disbelief.

Synonyms

D

dizzy

vsgiddy

168 1.0

Feeling like the room or world is turning and you may fall

is milder, a lightheaded whirling that makes one feel unsteady

W

woozy

vsgiddy

29 5.7

Feeling dizzy and unsteady, as if you might faint

focuses on lightheaded spinning rather than bodily weakness or faintness

V

vertiginous

vsgiddy

2 9.6

A very high or steep place that makes you feel dizzy

is a general lightheaded or whirling feeling not limited to heights

W

whirly

vsgiddy

• Informal

1 8.6

Feeling dizzy and light-headed and unable to think clearly

is more about physical unsteadiness and lightheaded spinning than confusion

T

twirly

vsgiddy

1 7.7

Feeling dizzy after spinning or excitement

applies more broadly to unsteady or whirling feelings not just after excitement

Compounds

G

giddy limit

• Informal

1 9.9

A very strong feeling of excitement or dizziness

How Dizzy

dizzying

3 4.1

dizzy

168 1.0

giddy

3 4.9

light-headed

15 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology