Lightheaded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Light-headed \Light"-head`ed\ (l[imac]t"h[e^]d`[e^]d), a.
     1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; feeling faint; delirious.
        [WordNet sense 1] --Walpole.
  
     Syn: faint, swooning, lightheaded.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose;
        lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; as, light-headed
        teenagers. [WordNet sense 2] "Light-headed, weak men."
        --Clarendon.
  
     Syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy,
          lightheaded, silly.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- {Light"-head`ed*ness},
          n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  light-headed
       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" [syn: {faint}, {light}, {swooning}, {lightheaded}]
       2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
          "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
           {dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {lightheaded},
           {silly}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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" [syn: {faint}, {light}, {swooning}, {light-headed}]
       2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
          "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
           {dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {light-headed},
           {silly}]