light-headed

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light-headed

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From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).

adjective lighter-headed · more light-headed · lightest-headed · most light-headed · lightheaded

  1. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.

    Similar: giddy

  2. figuratively Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.

    Similar: heedless, unsteady, fickle, lightbrained, unaware, inattentive, careless, silly

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adj feeling faint

Españolmareado, aturdido
Deutschbenommen
Ελληνικάλιπόθυμος lipóthymos
Русскийкружится голова́
العربيةدَائِخ dāʔiḵ

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@misc{light_headed_2026,
  title = {light-headed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/light-headed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}