light-headed

See also: lightheaded

English

Alternative forms

• lightheaded

Etymology

From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) +‎ headed (“having a head”, adjective).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

light-headed (comparative lighter-headed or more light-headed, superlative lightest-headed or most light-headed)

1. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
2. (figuratively) Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.

Synonyms

• (dizzy): giddy
• (thoughtless): heedless, unsteady, fickle, lightbrained, unaware, inattentive, careless, silly

Derived terms

• light-headedly (adverb)
• lightheadedness (noun)

Related terms

• lighthearted

Translations

feeling faint

Arabic: دَائِخ m (dāʔiḵ) Dutch: licht in het hoofd German: benommen (de) Greek: λιπόθυμος (el) (lipóthymos) Hungarian: szédül (hu) (a verb), kóválygó(s) (hu), kába (hu), kábult (hu), bódult (hu) Irish: aertha Maori: aniroro, pōātinitini Ottoman Turkish: خفیف (hafif) Russian: (у кого-то) кружится голова́ ((u kovo-to) kružitsja golová) Spanish: mareado (es), aturdido (es)

Anagrams

• headlighted