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light-headed

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light-headed
adj
1. frivolous in disposition or behaviour
2. giddy; feeling faint or slightly delirious
light-headedly  adv
light-headedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.light-headed - weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
2.light-headed - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

light-headed
adjective
1. faint, dizzy, hazy, giddy, delirious, unsteady, vertiginous, woozy (informal) Your blood pressure will drop and you may feel light-headed.
Translations
light-headed [ˈlaɪtˈhedɪd] ADJ (by temperament) → ligero de cascos; (= dizzy) → mareado; (with fever) → delirante; (with excitement) → exaltado
wine makes me light-headedel vino se me sube a la cabeza
light-headed [ˌlaɪtˈhɛdɪd] adj (by temperament) → svampito/a; (dizzy) → intontito/a, stordito/a; (with fever) → vaneggiante; (with excitement) → eccitato/a
the drink made him feel light-headed → il liquore gli ha fatto girare la testa
light-headed [ˌlaɪtˈhɛdɪd] adj (by temperament) → svampito/a; (dizzy) → intontito/a, stordito/a; (with fever) → vaneggiante; (with excitement) → eccitato/a
the drink made him feel light-headed → il liquore gli ha fatto girare la testa


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He did not know what he was talking of, I dare say; ten to one but he was light-headed at the time.
After two hours of futile, light-headed, inconsequent thinking upon all things under heaven in that dark, dank, wet and devastated cabin, I arose suddenly and staggered up on deck.
that a master stands in a somewhat different relation towards a pretty, light-headed, probably ignorant girl, to that occupied by a partner at a ball, or a gallant on the promenade.
 
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