giddy
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
frivolous and lighthearted; flighty: a giddy young person.
to make or become giddy.
Origin of giddy
1Other words for giddy
Other words from giddy
- gid·di·ly, adverb
- gid·di·ness, noun
- un·gid·dy, adjective
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How to use giddy in a sentence
We are shocked, though, at the brazenly commercial character that certain sedate houses have taken on in the giddier part of town.
Bizarre | Lawton MackallMother must have been giddier in her youth than I ever imagined.
Biltmore Oswald | J. Thorne Smith, Jr.He has done a giddier thing than that, and will clear out of Laysford like a dog with its tail down.
The Call of the Town | John Alexander HammertonMy head is giddier than becomes a head of my age; and my stomach has not recovered its retentive faculty.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of ChesterfieldFor days, nay, weeks after these drives on the Roof of France, my sleep was haunted with giddy climbs and still giddier descents.
The Roof of France | Matilda Betham-Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for giddy
/ (ˈɡɪdɪ) /
affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy
causing or tending to cause vertigo
impulsive; scatterbrained
my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprise
to make or become giddy
Origin of giddy
1Derived forms of giddy
- giddily, adverb
- giddiness, noun
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