giddy

adjective

ˈgi-dē How to pronounce giddy (audio)
Definition of giddynext
1
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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2
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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3
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 This tangled relationship between Lestat and Armand, and all the guilt Lestat carries from it, provides a major breakthrough for Molloy’s documentary, and the journalist reacts with giddy, off-putting glee. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026 Alpha Camp − Nikki Hru, Maddy Jones, Leiya Pillitteri − had seemed giddy with confidence before the flaming arrow competition. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 June 2026 So ended the second bout of last night’s UFC 250, the extravaganza of squirting blood and patriotic kitsch that took place—to the stupefaction of all, including a giddy Joe Rogan—on the South Lawn of the White House. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 In its first-ever World Cup appearance, the team — hailing from an archipelago off the western coast of Africa with around 530,000 inhabitants — has left its fans giddy with success and its opponents, from the traditional powers of Spain and Uruguay, trudging off the field in shock. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for giddy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giddy
  1. goofy
  2. dizzy
  3. ecstatic
  4. silly
  5. whirling
  6. futile
  7. woozy
Adjective
  • Margaret, what the president said is just goofy word salad.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • As Buffy’s bafoonish brother, Dave Sheridan played an unlikely killer (though Doofy GIlmore ends up being far less goofy than originally expected).
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
Definition of goofy
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  • People with heat exhaustion typically feel dizzy, start sweating profusely, have a fast pulse and can feel sick.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
  • The 77-year-old American Idol judge complained about feeling dizzy during the opening night of the Sing a Song All Night Long Tour featuring Earth, Wind & Fire.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of dizzy
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  • Many of the fans were ecstatic to see their home team come to their town.
    — PJ Green July 1, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • The ecstatic scenes across the country after a Mexico win, most notably in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, the three host cities, paint the picture of a nation spellbound by its football team.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of ecstatic
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  • Every player with a pulse had six suitors throwing silly money around.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Some scenes in the movie are light and silly, including those pairing Maddie with a lesbian friend, played by Kate Berlant, who clearly loves her.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 30 June 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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  • Exciting and futile The Humans to Titan Summit was both exciting and futile, said Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute and a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • All these plans acknowledge the experience gap, namely that training without arranging relevant work experience is often futile.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of futile
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  • Parsons’ feature debut builds a woozy, minimalist mythology out of his shorts.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
  • The band leader Henriette Motzfeldt moves between violin and keys, and the synergy between the two, alongside their drummer and guitarist, is undeniable, drifting between woozy eroticism and a funky danceability.
    — E.R. Pulgar, SPIN, 10 June 2026
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