giddy

gid·dy

G0119200 (gĭd′ē)adj. gid·di·er, gid·di·est 1. a. Having a reeling, lightheaded sensation; dizzy.b. Causing or capable of causing dizziness: a giddy climb to the topmast.2. Frivolous and lighthearted; flighty: was giddy with excitement at the news.intr. & tr.v. gid·died, gid·dy·ing, gid·dies To become or make giddy.

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[Middle English gidi, crazy, from Old English gidig; see gheu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]

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gid′di·ly adv.gid′di·ness n.Word History: Though little trace of a divine provenance can be discerned in its modern meaning, giddy is derived from the same ancient Germanic word (*gudam) that has given us the word God. The Germanic word *gudigaz, formed from the word *gudam, meant "possessed by a god." Such possession can be a rather unbalancing experience, and so it is not surprising that the Old English descendant of *gudigaz, gidig, meant "mad, possessed by an evil spirit," or that the Middle English development of gidig, gidi, meant the same thing, as well as "foolish," "mad (used of an animal)," "dizzy," and "uncertain, unstable." Our sense "lighthearted, frivolous" represents the ultimate secularization of giddy.

giddy

(ˈɡɪdɪ) adj, -dier or -diest1. affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy2. causing or tending to cause vertigo3. impulsive; scatterbrained4. my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprisevb, -dies, -dying or -diedto make or become giddy[Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to God] ˈgiddily adv ˈgiddiness n

gid•dy

(ˈgɪd i)

adj. -di•er, -di•est, adj. 1. affected with vertigo; dizzy. 2. attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb. 3. frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty. v.t., v.i. 4. to make or become giddy. [before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”] gid′di•ly, adv. gid′di•ness, n.

giddy

Past participle: giddied
Gerund: giddying

Imperative
giddy
giddy

Present
I giddy
you giddy
he/she/it giddies
we giddy
you giddy
they giddy

Preterite
I giddied
you giddied
he/she/it giddied
we giddied
you giddied
they giddied

Present Continuous
I am giddying
you are giddying
he/she/it is giddying
we are giddying
you are giddying
they are giddying

Present Perfect
I have giddied
you have giddied
he/she/it has giddied
we have giddied
you have giddied
they have giddied

Past Continuous
I was giddying
you were giddying
he/she/it was giddying
we were giddying
you were giddying
they were giddying

Past Perfect
I had giddied
you had giddied
he/she/it had giddied
we had giddied
you had giddied
they had giddied

Future
I will giddy
you will giddy
he/she/it will giddy
we will giddy
you will giddy
they will giddy

Future Perfect
I will have giddied
you will have giddied
he/she/it will have giddied
we will have giddied
you will have giddied
they will have giddied

Future Continuous
I will be giddying
you will be giddying
he/she/it will be giddying
we will be giddying
you will be giddying
they will be giddying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been giddying
you have been giddying
he/she/it has been giddying
we have been giddying
you have been giddying
they have been giddying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been giddying
you will have been giddying
he/she/it will have been giddying
we will have been giddying
you will have been giddying
they will have been giddying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been giddying
you had been giddying
he/she/it had been giddying
we had been giddying
you had been giddying
they had been giddying

Conditional
I would giddy
you would giddy
he/she/it would giddy
we would giddy
you would giddy
they would giddy

Past Conditional
I would have giddied
you would have giddied
he/she/it would have giddied
we would have giddied
you would have giddied
they would have giddied

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	giddy - having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"dizzy, vertiginous, woozyill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	2.	giddy - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"empty-headed, featherbrained, airheaded, dizzy, lightheaded, light-headed, sillyfrivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

giddy

adjective1. dizzy, reeling, faint, unsteady, light-headed, vertiginous He felt giddy and light-headed.2. flighty, silly, volatile, irresponsible, reckless, dizzy, careless, frivolous, impulsive, capricious, thoughtless, impetuous, skittish, heedless, scatterbrained, ditzy or ditsy (slang) Man is a giddy creature.
flighty serious, earnest, calm, steady

giddy

adjective1. Having a sensation of whirling or falling:dizzy, lightheaded, reeling, vertiginous, woozy.2. Producing dizziness or vertigo:dizzy, dizzying, vertiginous.3. Given to lighthearted silliness:empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, harebrained, lighthearted, scatterbrained, silly.Informal: gaga.Slang: birdbrained, dizzy.

Translations

头晕的

giddy

(ˈgidi) adjective feeling that one is going to fall over, or that everything is spinning round. I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy; a giddy feeling. 頭暈的 头晕的ˈgiddily adverb 頭暈地 头晕地ˈgiddiness noun 頭暈 头晕