adjective (giddier, giddiest)
1 [notusuallybeforenoun] feeling that everything is moving and that you are going to fall
SYNDIZZY:
When I looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
2 [notusuallybeforenoun] ~ (with sth) so happy and excited that you cannot behave normally:
She was giddy with happiness.
3 [usuallybeforenoun] making you feel as if you were about to fall:
The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed. * (figurative) the giddy heights of success
4 (old-fashioned) (of people) not serious
SYNSILLY:
Isabel's giddy young sister
giddily adverb:
She swayed giddily across the dance floor. * His senses were swimming giddily out of control.
giddiness noun [U]:
Symptoms include nausea and giddiness.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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