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Meanings of giddiness in English

Portuguese
tontura
Catalan
vertigen

A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall.

        tontura
        Portuguese
        coisavã
        Catalan
        vertigen

        An impulsive scatterbrained manner.

              coisavã
              Usage of giddiness in English
              1
              He felt an unaccustomed giddiness; it was long since he had smoked.
              All souls' rising
              2
              His giddiness had passed and he felt small and insignificant and content.
              Lowboy
              3
              The feeling of giddiness hit him instantly, and all fear left him.
              The Pilo Family Circus
              4
              There was only a sense of relief so profound it approached giddiness.
              Leviathan Wakes
              5
              Thoughts of her father had driven some of the giddiness from her.
              Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
              6
              Despite everything, thinking about him pumped an errant giddiness through her veins.
              Iron lace
              7
              He knew he should feel a giddiness, a rising thrill or panic.
              Servant of a dark god
              8
              He stooped with an odd sense of giddiness and picked it up.
              The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
              9
              I was now past giddiness and into a kind of ragged irritation.
              We are all welcome here
              10
              Sometimes I could distinguish nothing before me, then the giddiness went away.
              Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
              11
              Her head began to swim and a fit of giddiness assailed her.
              The Black Box
              12
              This giddiness was mirrored in the minutiae surrounding some of the players.
              The Guardian
              13
              I felt a sudden giddiness, but my godmother did not notice it.
              The Honor of the Name
              14
              My heart grew weak and sick, and my head swam with giddiness.
              Ran Away to Sea
              15
              Such a woman is apt enough to suffer from vertigo or giddiness.
              Doctor and Patient
              16
              Schick. Her feigned giddiness vaporized, she looks off into the bordering wood.
              Desert places: a novel of terror
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