light-headed

See also: lightheaded

English

Alternative forms

lightheaded

Etymology

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

Adjective

light-headed (comparative lighter-headed or more light-headed, superlative lightest-headed or most light-headed)

Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
(figuratively) Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.

Synonyms

(dizzy): giddy
(thoughtless): heedless, unsteady, fickle, unaware, inattentive, careless, silly

Derived terms

light-headedly (adverb)
lightheadedness (noun)

Related terms

lighthearted

Translations

feeling faint

Arabic: دَائِخ m (dāʔiḵ)
Dutch: licht in het hoofd
German: benommen (de)
Greek: λιπόθυμος (el) (lipóthymos)
Hungarian: szédül (hu) (a verb), kóválygó(s) (hu), kába (hu), kábult (hu), bódult (hu)
Irish: aertha
Maori: aniroro, pōātinitini
Ottoman Turkish: خفیف (hafif)
Russian: (у кого-то) кружится голова́ ((u kovo-to) kružitsja golová)

Anagrams

headlighted

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