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as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
the giddy youngsters continued to laugh, joke, and make faces during the ceremonies the old guy's having an affair with a giddy twentysomething
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as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
I love the giddy feeling you get riding roller coasters
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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine
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Recent Examples of giddy
Opening Day is music to the ears of baseball fans—and Major League Baseball’s owners are likely pretty giddy themselves.
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Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Dolphins fans were more giddy, cocky and optimistic than Philly fans, Buffalo fans, Baltimore fans and San Francisco fans combined.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
At the moment, Democrats are almost giddy at the prospect of an economic recession.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
The atmosphere is jubilant, almost giddy — slike a family cookout after church.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Pearl Breed: Pit terrier mix Age: 2 years old Pearl is a cuddly, goofy, playful pup looking for her forever home.—
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Betty’s world is introduced with real decor, like a big grey bed and an amusingly goofy invention of Grampy’s, but the handmade quality falls by the wayside as most of the rest of David Rockwell’s sets are conjured via that old menace, the big flat LED screen.—
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Arielle appears to have repeatedly expressed her unease with the hike, including the steep height and feeling dizzy after taking a photo on a tree.—
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Back in 2023, Skrillex resurfaced unexpectedly with two new albums at once—Quest for Fire and Don’t Get Too Close—to showcase how his rattling bass juggernauts had evolved and his newfound grasp on dizzy emo-rap had tightened.—
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Fans were ecstatic to find out Elliot’s middle name ties to his grandpa, along with his initials being EMM.—
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The Love Island season 6 winner, 25, was ecstatic to hear Ellen Pompeo is a big fan of her relationship with Kordell Beckham.—
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This strategy worked for him for about 10 years—and then began to bore him silly.—
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Props to the people who green-lit Angry Birds to give kids a silly movie about infanticide.—
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Impeachment of judges, however, is widely seen as a futile endeavor on Capitol Hill.—
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The confrontation ends in an electric if futile horse chase.—
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Related Stories That this tragedy took place on Hollywood’s doorstep adds a woozy, surreal element.—
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There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.—
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giddy. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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