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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
The show, meticulously directed by Danya Taymor, is most effective in this moment of giddy innocence and painful experience, combining in a way that most of us won’t ever know again.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
We readers are all connected, sometimes by giddy embarrassment or horrific shock, to everyone who is alive or who has ever been alive.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield 'thrilled' to be married Throughout the weekend social media was buzzing and the city's movers-and-shakers were giddy about Sheffield's pending nuptials.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 7 Dec. 2025
Sarandos is positively giddy about the deal, and WBD chief David Zaslav is … saying the right things.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
We readers are all connected, sometimes by giddy embarrassment or horrific shock, to everyone who is alive or who has ever been alive.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield 'thrilled' to be married Throughout the weekend social media was buzzing and the city's movers-and-shakers were giddy about Sheffield's pending nuptials.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 7 Dec. 2025
Sarandos is positively giddy about the deal, and WBD chief David Zaslav is … saying the right things.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giddy
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Norman spoke with Mixed Asian Media about her role in the show and how playing a hard-working ballet dancer compared to her real-life goofier and more extroverted personality.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ross was fairly goofy in his courtships of coaches Jim Harbaugh and Sean Payton and quarterback Tom Brady.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
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Living authors of books investigating the day of rest, a small but select sodality, are probably feeling dizzy right now.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
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Signs of dehydration, including dry mouth and throat, infrequent urination and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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The team security guard who ran down the back hallway, ecstatic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Two and three months ago, Wall Street was captivated by another stellar earnings season, a Federal Reserve resuming rate cuts into a steady economy and constant ecstatic new projections for AI spending.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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This struck many experts as silly.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Frequent co-stars Johnson and Hart, known for their hilarious chemistry, have played Rock, Paper, Scissors and other silly games in promos for their movies, especially their Jumanji films.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
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Their effort to find a home in Overtown seemed futile until Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon, who grew up in Liberty City, conceived a brilliant idea.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the rally felt less threatening than futile.—
Zach Fisch,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The wistfulness with which the movie treats her is the wooziest thing of all.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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Propulsive percussion and infectious syncopations are in ample supply, but so are weirder, woozier moments keyed to the humid psychedelia of Miami after hours.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giddy. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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