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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 An outsider romance peppered with gallows humor and bubbling over with giddy optimism, Harold and Maude is a life-affirming, weirdly wonderful film about a rich kid with a death wish and his love affair with an exuberant 79-year-old woman. —
Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Teddy Swims is giddy about his first Coachella set this weekend. —Tomás Mier, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 Bright-eyed and giddy, her 19-year-old and 76-year-old selves collided. —Shayla Martin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026 And this year, a giddy Petty wanted to see it for himself. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for giddy
Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Teddy Swims is giddy about his first Coachella set this weekend. —Tomás Mier, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 Bright-eyed and giddy, her 19-year-old and 76-year-old selves collided. —Shayla Martin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026 And this year, a giddy Petty wanted to see it for himself. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for giddy
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But the sketch is the same goofy girl as in my mirror—V-neck T-shirt, wide forehead, low ponytail showing my ear piercings.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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With respect to any of the real deaths on display in the 1978 Faces of Death, the movie is mostly just goofy.— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
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By applying lower‑body compression, the garment helps counteract a common condition called orthostatic intolerance that causes astronauts to faint or feel dizzy following an extended mission in microgravity.— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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The caller hit their head and felt dizzy.— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
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The oil painting depicts a towering John the Baptist pouring water on the head of an even larger, almost shimmering Jesus; in the background, God, angels and cherubs look down from heaven in an ecstatic frenzy.— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
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James and his partner, Katrina Engle, welcomed a son in July 2021, and Potts was ecstatic.— Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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Menu references to ancient reptiles — plus the brand’s silly mascot, a dinosaur in a toque — make fast food feel more like fun food.— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
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What appears to be a bouncy, silly romp about a slightly surreal situation (Murray plays Phil, a weatherman reliving the same day over and over) is, at its core, actually quite deep.— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
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The magnetar was initially surrounded by a whirling disk of matter, funneling from its inner edge onto the stellar remnant.— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
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That doesn’t mean future rounds, perhaps already starting this week, are futile.— Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
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The houses of worship bill, which Speaker Julie Menin strongly advocated for, passed with a veto-proof majority, so pursuing a veto would likely be futile.— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The wooziest moments sacrifice Robyn’s easy-listening appeal for the sake of surprise.— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
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Few rappers kicked off the 2010s with more buzz than A$AP Rocky, who along with his A$AP Mob collective swept through New York and eventually the whole country with his easy swagger, woozy beats and electric rhymes.— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/giddy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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