light-headed

light-headed
adj
1. frivolous, flyaway, fanciful, trifling, trivial, petty; scatterbrained, featherheaded, featherbrained, rattlebrained, harebrained, bird-brained; inane, silly, foolish, kiddish, childish, immature, irresponsible; shallow, superficial, light-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, thoughtless.
2. flighty, mercurial, volatile, capricious, whimsical, impulsive; fickle, skittish, moonish, faddish, variable, changeable, changeful, vacillating, erratic, fitful, inconstant, irregular, unsteady, unstable, undependable, unreliable.
3. dizzy, vertiginous, Inf. woozy, Pathol. giddy; foggy, hazy, dazed, befuddled, muddled, bewildered, confused, distraught; delirious, phrenetic, raving, wild, babbling, incoherent, Inf. out of it, mad, crazy, Inf. out of one's mind.

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  • light-headed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ dizzy and slightly faint …   English terms dictionary

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  • light-headed — /ˈlaɪt hɛdəd/ (say luyt heduhd) adjective 1. having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition: light headed persons. 2. giddy, dizzy, drunk, or delirious: *Lately the heat was making her sometimes a little light headed –nourma handford, 1953 …  

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