giddy

[ gid-ee ]

adjective

, gid·di·er, gid·di·est.

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

verb (used with or without object)

, gid·died, gid·dy·ing.

1. to make or become giddy.

giddy

/ 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. my giddy aunt
   an exclamation of surprise

verb

1. to make or become giddy

Derived Forms

• ˈgiddiness, noun
• ˈgiddily, adverb

Other Words From

• gid·di·ly adverb
• gid·di·ness noun
• un·gid·dy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of giddy¹

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of giddy¹

Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to God

Example Sentences

This giddy revival has no interest in playing by the normal Shakespearean rules.

From Los Angeles Times

Giddy crypto investors have added to the run with bets that the cost of the world’s largest cryptocurrency will reach $100,000 by the end of the year.

From Los Angeles Times

After Trump's win was secure, his top lieutenant, giddy from his recent release from prison, gloated about this on his "War Room" podcast: "Now that the election is over, I think we can finally say that, yeah, actually, Project 2025 is the agenda."

From Salon

Even when the Australian punk rock quartet recorded its charmingly raw debut EP, “Giddy Up,” in a single night and released it online in 2016, the initial 100 streams were reward enough.

From Los Angeles Times

It was the one time England have been on the high side of those small margins and a giddy Twickenham crowd drank deep, ratcheting up the decibels and washing away memories of ugly losses to France, Fiji and Scotland.

From BBC

Related Words

• bemused
• dizzy
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