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as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
I always get light-headed after riding roller coasters, even when I'm standing still again
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as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
we couldn't concentrate on our work because we were feeling so light-headed
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Recent Examples of light-headed
Fetterman experienced a stroke during his campaign for the Senate in 2022, and was also hospitalized in 2023 for feeling lightheaded.
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CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
In February of that year, he was hospitalized after feeling light-headed during a Senate retreat.
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Zach Lachance,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Nov. 2025
Trump said the gentleman was feeling lightheaded but is OK now.
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Feeling light-headed or fainting are important warning signs that the blood pressure is dangerously low.
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Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
16 Aug. 2025
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CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
In February of that year, he was hospitalized after feeling light-headed during a Senate retreat.
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Zach Lachance,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Nov. 2025
Trump said the gentleman was feeling lightheaded but is OK now.
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Feeling light-headed or fainting are important warning signs that the blood pressure is dangerously low.
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Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-headed
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People with heat exhaustion typically feel dizzy, start sweating profusely, have a fast pulse and can feel sick.
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The 77-year-old American Idol judge complained about feeling dizzy during the opening night of the Sing a Song All Night Long Tour featuring Earth, Wind & Fire.
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Margaret, what the president said is just goofy word salad.
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As Buffy’s bafoonish brother, Dave Sheridan played an unlikely killer (though Doofy GIlmore ends up being far less goofy than originally expected).
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Ureña, a 22-year-old right-hander who has emerged as another potential ace, speaks of Soriano with a giddy amusement mixed with a solemn respect for how the starter has survived in the big leagues.
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For now, the stock market and the credit market are telling slightly different stories about the same companies, one giddy and one wary.
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Every player with a pulse had six suitors throwing silly money around.
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Some scenes in the movie are light and silly, including those pairing Maddie with a lesbian friend, played by Kate Berlant, who clearly loves her.
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The band leader Henriette Motzfeldt moves between violin and keys, and the synergy between the two, alongside their drummer and guitarist, is undeniable, drifting between woozy eroticism and a funky danceability.
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They can also be used to prevent fainting or for someone who is woozy.
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Exciting and futile The Humans to Titan Summit was both exciting and futile, said Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute and a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute.
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All these plans acknowledge the experience gap, namely that training without arranging relevant work experience is often futile.
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“Light-headed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-headed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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