lightheaded
giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition; thoughtless: lightheaded persons.
Origin of lightheaded
1Other words from lightheaded
- light·head·ed·ly, adverb
- light·head·ed·ness, noun
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How to use lightheaded in a sentence
Same goes for anyone who has low blood pressure or tends to get light-headed easily.
5 Healthier Ways to Detox (That Aren’t Juice Cleanses) | DailyBurn | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomewhere along the way he had likely started feeling bad—light-headed or woozy.
I will grant you are young—the woman handsome—and, as I myself have observed, light-headed enough.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottAfter all, Lucille Ashtonbury Clifford, the light-headed windmill, seems to have got the best of all this.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileThe girl felt light-headed and giddy as though the rush above had rarefied the air under the cliffs.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
The widow promised devoutly to obey all his directions; but he had begun to talk light-headed before he was undressed.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George MeredithWhen Maurice von Lynar reached the open air he stood for full five minutes, light-headed in the rush of the city traffic.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for light-headed
frivolous in disposition or behaviour
giddy; feeling faint or slightly delirious
Derived forms of light-headed
- light-headedly, adverb
- light-headedness, noun
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