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- feeling silly, happy, and excited and showing this in your behaviour: giddy with She was giddy with excitement.
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What does the adjective giddy mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective giddy , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
having a slight feeling of spinning around or being unable to balance; slightly dizzy: When she got off the roller coaster, she felt giddy and lightheaded. (Definition of giddy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of giddy.
having a slight feeling of spinning around or being unable to balance; slightly dizzy: When she got off the roller coaster, she felt giddy and lightheaded. (Definition of giddy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of 'giddy'. 1. If you feel giddy, you feel unsteady and think that you are about to fall over, usually because you are not well. [...] 2. If you feel giddy with delight or excitement, you feel so happy or excited that you find it hard to think or act normally. [...]
If you've ever spun in circles until you fell to the ground laughing, you know how it feels to be giddy. This adjective can mean dizzy, elated, or — as in the spinning around example — a lightheaded, lighthearted combination of the two.
If you feel giddy with delight or excitement, you feel so happy or excited that you find it hard to think or act normally. Anthony was giddy with self-satisfaction. Being there gave me a giddy pleasure.
[usually before noun] making you feel as if you are about to fall. The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed. (figurative) the giddy heights of success. (old-fashioned) (of people) not serious synonym silly. Isabel’s giddy young sister. Word Origin. See giddy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: giddy.
