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Meanings of airheaded in English

Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.

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Examples for "silly"
Examples for "silly"
1
He looked silly enough in truth; but he never bothered about it.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
2
I was silly to be mixed up with it in the beginning.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
3
Lay aside affected, silly etiquette for the natural dictates of the heart.
Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
4
They were just silly, ordinary fussinesses; they had no sense in them.
The Old Wives' Tale
5
The idea of yonder silly creature being the companion of a MAN.
A Face Illumined
1
I know nothing about it; the sight of weapons makes me dizzy.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
2
He ate it on the way home and felt drugged and dizzy.
The new yorker
3
I watched her poising herself on the ledge; it made me dizzy.
Aylwin
4
All of the dizzy good humor had gone out of the evening.
The stand
5
She'd be dizzy soon from lack of oxygen and that was good.
Exit wound
1
When she saw Olivia's response, Valya felt a giddy sense of power.
Mentats of Dune
2
In the final chapter, we're giddy with questions that require an answer.
The Guardian
3
It was actually quite exhilarating, in a giddy, terrifying sort of way.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
4
After he was shown out, I felt a giddy sense of hope.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
5
They weren't markedly gleeful or giddy, not happy in any obvious way.
The irresistible henry house
1
He didn't feel lightheaded or ill. Then his father removed the staff.
Book Three: The Final Exodus
2
He felt weirdly lightheaded as he went into the field to search.
Atonement
3
Paralysis struck Bud's vocal cords, and he felt lightheaded, unable to concentrate.
The Diamond Age
4
The moonlight is dim, rosy: either I'm reeling lightheaded or... or what?
The Atrocity Archives
5
Her heart pounded so hard she felt dizzy and lightheaded with it.
The captive
1
It was not as if Maisie were an empty-headed, empty-natured little girl.
Simon the Jester
2
He was too empty-headed to dread what he was about to do.
Heart-shaped box
3
He had heard of that excellent but empty-headed young man Mr. Surtees.
The American Senator
4
Mere empty-headed conceit excites our pity, but ostentatious hypocrisy awakens our disgust.
Sketches of Young Couples
5
That empty-headed doll has got our Mart just wrapped round her finger!
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
1
I was suffocating and needed air; I was nauseous, light-headed almost disorientated.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
2
Breathing will start to feel more difficult, and you might get light-headed.
Wired
3
She came to thoroughly dislike the light-headed young fellows of the shop.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
4
He woke up an hour later, hungry, light-headed, uncertain of his surroundings.
The hellfire club
5
He knelt next to the Dwarf, taking quick, short breaths, feeling light-headed.
Jarka Ruus
1
Has motherhood made me irrational and featherbrained, or am I just tired of fighting?
Daughters of the Nile
2
She and Prim were required for featherbrained chatter.
Imprudence
3
She was such a featherbrained chatterer she'd probably never pay any great attention to anything I said.
All the way
4
Best of all, Mrs. Reston, who suffered from diabetes and mild cardiac problems, was a featherbrained sweetie.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
5
But you're so featherbrained, Anne, I've been waiting to see if you'd sober down a little and learn to be steady before I begin.
Anne of Green Gables
Usage of airheaded in English
1
I'd hoped that since you weren't some airheaded college girl, you might be different.
Night tides
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