Giddy
['gɪdɪ] or ['ɡɪdi]
Definition
(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.
(superl.) Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.
(superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
(superl.) Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
(v. i.) To reel; to whirl.
(v. t.) To make dizzy or unsteady.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Vertiginous, dizzy.[2]. Changeable, fickle, inconstant, unsteady, mutable, unstable, irresolute.[3]. Careless, heedless, thoughtless, wild, reckless, headlong, flighty, hair-brained, giddy-brained, light-headed.
Checker: Mollie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Whirling, vertiginous, thoughtless, inconstant, unsteady, lofty, beetling,dizzy, hare-brained, flighty
ANT:Stationary, slow, ponderous, thoughtful, earnest, steady, low, unelevated,wary, circumspect
Typist: Ralph
Definition
adj. unsteady dizzy: that causes giddiness: whirling: inconstant: thoughtless.—adv. Gidd′ily.—n. Gidd′iness.—adjs. Gidd′y-head′ed thoughtless wanting reflection; Gidd′y-paced (Shak.) moving irregularly.
Edited by Annabel
Examples
- I remarked that I was a little giddy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mrs. Rouncewell, who holds the light, is giddy with the swiftness of his eyes and hands as he starts up, furnished for his journey. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I feel giddy--that's all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Nay, say rather the feather-pated giddy madmen, said Waldemar, who must be toying with follies when such business was in hand. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I tried a second time to run out and find Laura, but my head was giddy and my knees trembled under me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had been giddy in the night, but had got up well enough to travel in the morning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Very faint and giddy. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As for that girl, she might be bold, but she'd never be giddy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The giddy throng passed and repassed before my eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My head turned giddy--I held by the desk to keep myself from falling. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Tod