lightheaded

[ lahyt-hed-id ]

/ ˈlaɪtˈhɛd ɪd /

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adjective

giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.

having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition; thoughtless: lightheaded persons.

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Origin of lightheaded

First recorded in 1530–40; light² + head + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM lightheaded

light·head·ed·ly, adverblight·head·ed·ness, noun

How to use lightheaded in a sentence

You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.
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Here she is in June saying “Trans politics and feminism have never been headed to the same place.”
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Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.
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Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for lightheaded

light-headed

adjective

frivolous in disposition or behaviour

giddy; feeling faint or slightly delirious

Derived forms of light-headed

light-headedly, adverblight-headedness, noun

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