giddy
/ˈɡɪd.i/ adjective C1- Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy. · The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
- Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness. · They climbed to a giddy height.
- Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness. · The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.
Comparative giddier · Superlative giddiest
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“I said pig,” replied Alice; “and I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.”
“You make me giddy.” And then, turning to the rose-tree, she went on, “What _have_ you been doing here?”
Sick and giddy as Mowgli was he could not help enjoying the wild rush, though the glimpses of earth far down below frightened him, and the terrible check and jerk at the end of the swing over nothing but empty air brought his heart between his teeth.
The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man giddy with their constant whirl and clamour.
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