giddy

American  

[gid-ee] / ˈgɪd i /

adjective

giddier, giddiest

1. affected with vertigo; dizzy.

   Synonyms:

   vertiginous, lightheaded

2. attended with or causing dizziness.

   a giddy climb.

3. frivolous and lighthearted; flighty.

   a giddy young person.

   Synonyms:

   vacillating, inconstant, fickle, mercurial, volatile, unstable

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verb (used with or without object)

giddied, giddying

1. to make or become giddy.

giddy British  

/ ˈɡɪdɪ /

adjective

1. affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy

2. causing or tending to cause vertigo

3. impulsive; scatterbrained

4. an exclamation of surprise

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verb

1. to make or become giddy

Other Word Forms

• giddily adverb
• giddiness noun
• ungiddy adjective

Etymology

Origin of giddy

First recorded before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig “mad,” variant of gydig (unrecorded), derivative of god God, presumably originally “possessed by a divine being”

Example Sentences

That’s enough to sell a few hundred million dollars in tickets this summer and make me giddy with anticipation.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s been doing this for years now, and I look forward to them with the same giddy devotion I usually reserve for cracking open a brand-new planner on January 1.

From Salon

If there are young kids in the house, giddy early wake-up calls are a given.

From BBC

The first time we met in 2012, they were still wet behind the ears, and giddy from making their debut at London's O2 Arena.

From BBC

But the audaciousness is always in service of capturing the headlong rush of new love, the characters as giddy as the filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bemused
• dizzy
• gaga
• skittish
• woozy