VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / giddy

Thesaurus: giddy

Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

whirlingdefinitionsensationdefinitioncausingdefinitiondizzydefinitionfallingdefinitionfrivolitydefinitiongivendefinitionlackingdefinitionliabledefinitionreeldefinitionseriousnessdefinitionwhirldefinitiongiddinessdefinitionaccountdefinitionbalancedefinitionbewilderingdefinitionbodydefinitionceleritydefinitionchangeabledefinitionchapmandefinitioncharacterizeddefinitionfalldefinitionfickledefinitiongyratorydefinitionheaddefinitionheedlessdefinitionheightdefinitioninclineddefinition

Definitions

  1. superl. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
  2. superl. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.
  3. superl. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
  4. superl. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
  5. v. i. To reel; to whirl.
  6. v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady.
  7. adj. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
  8. adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  9. To reel; to whirl. Chapman.
  10. j:100 s having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling s lacking seriousness; given to frivolity