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Meanings of giddy 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.
2
I was silly to be mixed up with it in the beginning.
3
Lay aside affected, silly etiquette for the natural dictates of the heart.
4
They were just silly, ordinary fussinesses; they had no sense in them.
5
The idea of yonder silly creature being the companion of a MAN.
1
I know nothing about it; the sight of weapons makes me dizzy.
2
He ate it on the way home and felt drugged and dizzy.
3
I watched her poising herself on the ledge; it made me dizzy.
4
All of the dizzy good humor had gone out of the evening.
5
She'd be dizzy soon from lack of oxygen and that was good.
1
He didn't feel lightheaded or ill. Then his father removed the staff.
2
He felt weirdly lightheaded as he went into the field to search.
3
Paralysis struck Bud's vocal cords, and he felt lightheaded, unable to concentrate.
4
The moonlight is dim, rosy: either I'm reeling lightheaded or... or what?
5
Her heart pounded so hard she felt dizzy and lightheaded with it.
1
It was not as if Maisie were an empty-headed, empty-natured little girl.
2
He was too empty-headed to dread what he was about to do.
3
He had heard of that excellent but empty-headed young man Mr. Surtees.
4
Mere empty-headed conceit excites our pity, but ostentatious hypocrisy awakens our disgust.
5
That empty-headed doll has got our Mart just wrapped round her finger!
1
I was suffocating and needed air; I was nauseous, light-headed almost disorientated.
2
Breathing will start to feel more difficult, and you might get light-headed.
3
She came to thoroughly dislike the light-headed young fellows of the shop.
4
He woke up an hour later, hungry, light-headed, uncertain of his surroundings.
5
He knelt next to the Dwarf, taking quick, short breaths, feeling light-headed.
1
Has motherhood made me irrational and featherbrained, or am I just tired of fighting?
2
She and Prim were required for featherbrained chatter.
3
She was such a featherbrained chatterer she'd probably never pay any great attention to anything I said.
4
Best of all, Mrs. Reston, who suffered from diabetes and mild cardiac problems, was a featherbrained sweetie.
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.
1
I'd hoped that since you weren't some airheaded college girl, you might be different.
Usage of giddy in English
1
When she saw Olivia's response, Valya felt a giddy sense of power.
2
In the final chapter, we're giddy with questions that require an answer.
3
It was actually quite exhilarating, in a giddy, terrifying sort of way.
4
After he was shown out, I felt a giddy sense of hope.
5
They weren't markedly gleeful or giddy, not happy in any obvious way.
6
Deeply surprised, she told herself to walk straight and stop feeling giddy.
7
It felt hot going down, a giddy fusion of fire and water.
8
The potential for giddy joy was, she discovered, even greater than fear.
9
I mean, you're not married, but you seem to be quite giddy.
10
Words were exchanged despite Victorian propriety and she felt gay and giddy.
11
The influence of this giddy air displays itself in many secondary ways.
12
But not so giddy that we want to abandon our home comforts.
13
Gabi was giddy that she wouldn't have to do any chores today.
14
For a giddy moment his thoughts were rushing headlong through empty space.
15
The computer scientist in me is practically giddy with excitement, she said.
16
I am not fit for contests at present; my head is giddy.
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Giddy across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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