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

Editor: Tod

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