giddy
Speech parts
1. giddy - Noun
2. giddy - Adjective
3. giddy - Verb
5. giddy - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.
Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
To reel; to whirl.
To make dizzy or unsteady.
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He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me I was a father.
What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns and philistines with gimp mentalities.
There is wonder and a certain wicked pleasure in these giddy ascents and terrible falls, especially as they happen to other people.
Crowds of bees are giddy with clover Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet, Crowds of larks at their matins hang over, Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet.
Empty rooms make giddy housewives.