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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
With Teutonic deadpan, Sander sends up the often ideologically weighted social photography of which his project is an example—and records the giddy, glitchy instability of the Weimar years, when the old order was in disorienting flux, and would soon disappear altogether.
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Just like the boys, Nana was as giddy to feed the donkeys grass pellets that sold for a dollar a bag.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Not as giddy While semis have gone vertical, the headline indexes have not gone nearly as far or as fast as in the '99 crescendo.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 May 2026
There was no giddy celebration in Philly.
—Mike Lupica, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Just like the boys, Nana was as giddy to feed the donkeys grass pellets that sold for a dollar a bag.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Not as giddy While semis have gone vertical, the headline indexes have not gone nearly as far or as fast as in the '99 crescendo.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 May 2026
There was no giddy celebration in Philly.
—Mike Lupica, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giddy
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All well and good—even if the log-line here may remind some of you of this goofy scene from the Sex and the City movie.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Scott fares much, much better, grounding the movie’s goofier dialogue in broadly credible conviction.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
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However, from such dizzy heights, the fall from grace has been dramatic.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Some adolescents may appear dizzy, disoriented or unusually fatigued.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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If Brown is healthy and productive relative to his standards, the Patriots will be ecstatic.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Traditional Hollywood studio types have largely been ecstatic about the box office bonanza.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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Through the fuzz and the bad camera angles emerges an extraordinary catalogue of dummies, flicks, and feints, a hodge-podge of silly tricks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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To lose that would be silly now.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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The magnetar was initially surrounded by a whirling disk of matter, funneling from its inner edge onto the stellar remnant.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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Faced with total defeat, the Democrats finally gave up their futile efforts to undermine the public finance system by blocking Blakeman and agreed to recertify him for matching funds.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2026
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Harden may be one of the most prolific scorers of all time, but his attempts at winning a championship have been futile.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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They can also be used to prevent fainting or for someone who is woozy.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Schoenbrun’s movie is an invitation to give into your body — but the film is at the same time very much wrapped up inside its own head, which makes for a prismatic, woozy viewing experience.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giddy. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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