adjective · rare

giddy

gid·dy

giddy · giddier · giddiest

веселий, радісний

непостоянный, головокружительный

schwindelig, außer sich vor Freude, leichtfertig, völlig aus dem Häuschen

Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and…Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

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/ˈɡɪd.i/

» Tom is giddy.

У Тома кружится голова.

У Тома паморочиться в голові.

Meaning

9 senses

(predicative)Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
schwindelig
непостоя́нныйnepostojánnyj
(attributive)Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
They climbed to a giddy height.
schwindelerregend
головокружи́тельныйgolovokružítelʹnyj
Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
herumrasend, herumwirbelnd
(broadly)Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
leichtfertig, flatterhaft, leicht abzulenkend
Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
(broadly, dated)Used as an intensifier.
(broadly)Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.
außer sich vor Freude, völlig aus dem Häuschen
(UK, broadly, dialectal)Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
(UK, dialectal)Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
(figuratively, obsolete)Of a thing, especially a ship: unsteady, as if dizzy.

More definitions

having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

Examples

23 sentences

Tom is giddy.
У Тома паморочиться в голові.
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I feel giddy.
У мене паморочиться в голові.
deMir ist schwindlig.
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Tom and Mary were downright giddy.
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Tom is as giddy as a schoolgirl.
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Did you feel giddy?
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down — see also dizzy:

causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness:

Deutsch

By meaning 6

lightheartedly silly — see also frivolous:

feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down — see also dizzy:

causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness:

moving around something or spinning rapidly:

unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited — see also impulsive:

joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or

The adjective is derived from Middle English gidi, gedy, gydy (“demonically controlled or possessed; crazy, insane; foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, unwise; unsure; (rare) dizzy, shaky; (rare) of an animal: crazed, out of control; a fool”) [and other forms], from Old English gidiġ, gydiġ (“possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad”), from Proto-West Germanic *gudīg (“ghostly, spirited”, literally “possessed by a god or spirit”), from *god (“god”) + *-ig, *-g (suffix forming adjectives with the senses of being, doing, or having). Thus the word's elements correspond to god + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’, forming adjectives).

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