Giddiness Synonyms

A sensation of whirling or falling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lightheadedness
  2. dizziness
  3. vertigo
  4. vertiginousness
  5. wooziness
An impulsive scatterbrained manner
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. silliness

Words Related to Giddiness

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Giddiness Sentence Examples

  • The attacks of giddiness and deafness to which he had always been liable increased upon him.

  • Perceptions regarding the "me" are notoriously highly charged with "feeling," and the conflict occasions the feeling insufficiently described as "giddiness."

  • In large doses it is a poison causing giddiness, deafness, salivation, sweating and convulsions.

  • In a well-marked case there is usually an initial rigor - in children convulsions - followed by a rise of temperature, with vomiting, headache, giddiness, intolerance to light; pain in epigastrium, back and limbs; sleeplessness, apathy or delirium.

  • Soon after the publication of Vivian Grey, Disraeli, who is said by Froude to have been "overtaken by a singular disorder," marked by fits of giddiness ("once he fell into a trance, and did not recover for a week"), went with the Austens on a long summer tour in France, Switzerland and Italy.

Words near Giddiness in the Thesaurus