lightheaded
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling dizzy, unsteady, or as if you might faint: Describes a physical sensation of being off-balance, giddy, or on the verge of losing consciousness, often due to illness, hunger, or intoxication.
- Silly, frivolous, or lacking seriousness: Describes a state of being carefree, silly, or not thinking seriously, often in a childish or airheaded way.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Physical Dizziness):
- Standing up too quickly made her feel lightheaded.
- The patient reported feeling lightheaded and nauseous.
- Adjective (Silliness/Frivolity):
- The lightheaded conversation was a welcome break from the serious meeting.
- He was in a lightheaded mood after hearing the good news.
Advanced Usage
- "to feel lightheaded": The most common construction to describe the physical sensation.
- If you start to feel lightheaded, sit down immediately.
- "lightheaded with [cause]": Used to specify the reason for the dizziness.
- She was lightheaded with exhaustion after the long journey.
Variants and Related Words
- Light-headedness (noun): The state or quality of being lightheaded.
- A common side effect of the medication is light-headedness.
Synonyms
- Dizzy: Having a sensation of spinning around and losing balance.
- Faint: Weak and likely to lose consciousness.
- Giddy: Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; also can mean excited to the point of disorientation.
- Frivolous: Not having any serious purpose or value.
- Giddy (as in silly): Excitedly or thoughtlessly silly.
Related Phrases
- Light in the head: An informal phrase with the same meaning as the physical sense of "lightheaded."
- The fever made him feel light in the head.
Adjective
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- a dizzy blonde
- light-headed teenagers
- silly giggles
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- suddenly felt faint from the pain
- was sick and faint from hunger
- felt light in the head
- a swooning fit
- light-headed with wine
- light-headed from lack of sleep