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Synonyms & Antonyms of giddy
1
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
Synonyms for giddy
- birdbrained,
- ditzy
- (or ditsy),
- dizzy,
- featherbrained,
- flighty,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- futile,
- goofy,
- harebrained,
- light-headed,
- light-minded,
- puerile,
- scatterbrained,
- silly,
- yeasty
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Near Antonyms for giddy
- grave,
- melancholy,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- thoughtful
Antonyms for giddy
2
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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3
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
- he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine
Synonyms for giddy
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- elevated,
- enrapt,
- enraptured,
- entranced,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- heady,
- intoxicated,
- rapt,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
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Phrases Synonymous with giddy
Near Antonyms for giddy
- blue,
- brokenhearted,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- disheartened,
- doleful,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- hangdog,
- heartbroken,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- joyless,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- mournful,
- sad,
- saddened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched
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The first known use of giddy was in the 14th century
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