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[ adjective ] weak and likely to lose consciousness

Synonyms

faint swooning light

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

He felt light-headed and sick .

Related terms

ill

2
[ adjective ] lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

Examples

"a dizzy blonde" "light-headed teenagers" "silly giggles"

Related terms

frivolous

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[ adjective ] weak and likely to lose consciousness

Examples

"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"

Related terms

ill

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[ adjective ] lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

Examples

"a dizzy blonde" "light-headed teenagers" "silly giggles"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

His rage assumes a religious form ; that_is , on the basis of his own sinfulness and abject wretchedness , Piepsam becomes a prophet who in his ecstasy and in the name of God imprecates doom on Life - not_only the cyclist now , but the audience , the world , as_well : `` all you light-headed breed '' .

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frivolous

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