lightheadedness

See also: light-headedness

English

Alternative forms

• light-headedness

Etymology

From light-headed (adjective) (any sense) +‎ -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lītʹhĕd'(ĭ)d-nĕs
• Hyphenation: light‧head‧ed‧ness

Noun

lightheadedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.

   The lightheadedness passed once I lay down.

   • 2024 September 14, Zachary Pottle, “Galaxy Gas: Flavored Whipped Cream Charger Or Dangerous Drug?”, in AddictionCenter‎:

     The effects caused by inhaling nitrous oxide gas, such as lightheadedness and euphoria, can be felt within seconds.

Synonyms

• giddiness

Related terms

• light-headedly (adverb)

Translations

the property of feeling lighheaded

German: Benommenheit (de) f Greek: λιποθυμία (el) f (lipothymía) Irish: aerthacht f

See also

• vertigo

Further reading

• Noah Webster (1828), “lightheadedness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lightheadedness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.