Definition of Light-headed

1. Adjective. Weak and likely to lose consciousness. "Light-headed from lack of sleep"

Exact synonyms: Faint, Light, Lightheaded, Swooning
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Faint, Faintness, Lightheadedness

2. Adjective. Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. "Silly giggles"

Definition of Light-headed

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of lightheaded) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Light-headed

light-armed
light-blue
light-bulb
light-colored
light-cured resin
light-duty
light-duty vehicle
light-emitting diode
light-emitting diodes
light-fingered
light-footed
light-green
light-haired
light-handed
light-handedly
light-headed (current term)
light-headedly
light-headedness
light-hearted
light-heartedly
light-horseman
light-ion fusion
light-legged
light-minded
light-mindedness
light-near dissociation
light-o'-love
light-of-love
light-off temperature
light-repressible receptor protein kinase

Literary usage of Light-headed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Home and Foreign Review (1864)
"... and to restore pathos and terror under the veil of the ludicrous images which the cunning bravado of a light-headed exhaustion first imposed upon them. ..."

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