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lightheaded

[lahyt-hed-id]

adjective

  1. giddy, dizzy, or delirious.

    After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.

  2. having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition; thoughtless.

    lightheaded persons.



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Other Word Forms

  • lightheadedly adverb
  • lightheadedness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lightheaded1

First recorded in 1530–40; light 2 + head + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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Certainly not lightheaded, or with his empty belly growling from hunger.

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Mrs Chesterton told the BBC that her daughter had "difficulty walking" and "was breathless and lightheaded".

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After drinking it, the plaintiff "quickly felt lightheaded" and realised he had been "drugged", the lawsuit states.

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After finishing one drink — a concoction of orange juice, cranberry juice and something bitter, she said — at the celebration, the woman says she began to feel lightheaded and found an empty bedroom to rest.

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After finishing one drink — a concoction of orange juice, cranberry juice and something bitter — she says she began to feel lightheaded and found an empty bedroom to rest.

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