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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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And to watch one of the interviewees go for being a joyous, giddy, chatty child to being a slightly older, more distant and jaded tween is heartbreaking.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
Roughly 15,000 giddy supporters swarmed Harris-Walz rallies in Las Vegas, suburban Detroit and outside Phoenix.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
As the doors opened for recreational marijuana buyers for the first time at Zen Leaf in Cincinnati's Hartwell neighborhood, assistant general manager Jacob Rose looked downright giddy.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2024
That’s just another serving of baseless fear-mongering, say the Democrats and their supporters, who appear giddy at the prospect of Walz keeping them on the offensive, after months in which much of the media focused on Biden’s age and inability to make a forceful case for a second term.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
Roughly 15,000 giddy supporters swarmed Harris-Walz rallies in Las Vegas, suburban Detroit and outside Phoenix.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
As the doors opened for recreational marijuana buyers for the first time at Zen Leaf in Cincinnati's Hartwell neighborhood, assistant general manager Jacob Rose looked downright giddy.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2024
That’s just another serving of baseless fear-mongering, say the Democrats and their supporters, who appear giddy at the prospect of Walz keeping them on the offensive, after months in which much of the media focused on Biden’s age and inability to make a forceful case for a second term.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giddy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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