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English Dictionary: lightheaded by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lightheaded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lightheaded
adj
  1. weak and likely to lose consciousness; "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"
    Synonym(s): faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
  2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
    Synonym(s): airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Light-headed \Light"-head`ed\ (-h[ecr]d`[ecr]d), a.
      1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious. --Walpole.
  
      2. Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.
            [bd]Light-headed, weak men.[b8] --Clarendon. --
            {Light"-head`ed*ness}, n.
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