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as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
the giddy youngsters continued to laugh, joke, and make faces during the ceremonies the old guy's having an affair with a giddy twentysomething
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as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
I love the giddy feeling you get riding roller coasters
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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine
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Recent Examples of giddy
McNamara weaves these bits in well, and Cumberbatch and Colman — so naturally giddy around each other — slowly start to, if not come apart, at least poke at each other.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
By the end of the 12-1 drubbing, the only folks left in their seats were giddy Red Sox fans happy to rub salt in their enemies' wounds.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Just like a high school girl being giddy when the high school football hero stops to talk to her.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
And Schmidt was downright giddy during the spring portal period, when the Aztecs added Ellis.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
By the end of the 12-1 drubbing, the only folks left in their seats were giddy Red Sox fans happy to rub salt in their enemies' wounds.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Just like a high school girl being giddy when the high school football hero stops to talk to her.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
And Schmidt was downright giddy during the spring portal period, when the Aztecs added Ellis.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giddy
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Afterlife movies tend to be amiable in a goofy way, one that ends up tamping down the stakes.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Hope Anne is goofy, affectionate, full of zest, and has so much love to give.—
Trish Stinger,
Kansas City Star,
2 Sep. 2025
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Keen observers may witness small flocks of Phalaropes swimming in dizzy circles in the quiet ponds.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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There’s also something of the McIlroy highwire act with Alcaraz, especially in the breathless blitz of brilliance that rises to the top and then drops off from the dizzy heights of the rollercoaster.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But the hummingbirds are ecstatic.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Wrestlers and wrestling fans alike are ecstatic that fan-favorite WWE Superstar AJ Lee has made her return to professional wrestling.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mea Culpa is Perry at his most knowingly silly, and a throwback to erotic thrillers of decades past.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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For every community of mass-shooter fandoms, there is another that is silly, joyous, productive, or totally harmless.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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In other words, resistance is futile.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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If anything, Shock and Awe mostly reminds you how futile living in the madness of a Fake News world can be.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
13 Sep. 2025
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Or if The White Lotus once again got a woozy character-actress performance a win in Supporting Actress?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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One day, Kate was home with a family friend and started to feel woozy.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giddy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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