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light-headed

light-headed adjective: dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.

Adjective

light-headed (comparative lighter-headed or more light-headed, superlative lightest-headed or most light-headed)

  1. Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
    Synonyms:
    giddy
  2. (figuratively) Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.

light-headed meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

light-headed in Tamil

தலைசுற்றுகிற, தலைக்கறக்கமுடைய

light-headed in Malayalam

ഉന്മത്തമായ, ലഹരിപിടിച്ച, ഗൗരവമില്ലാത്ത, ലാഘവബുദ്ധിയായ

light-headed in Kannada

ತಲೆನೋವಿನ, ತಲೆಭಾರದ, ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯ, ಮೂರ್ಖತನದ, ಹುಡುಗಾಟಿಕೆಯ, ಬುದ್ಧಿಗೆಟ್ಟ

light-headed in Arabic

feeling faint
دَائِخ dāʔiḵ

Synonyms of light-headed

Forms of light-headed

comparativelighter-headed
comparativemore light-headed
superlativelightest-headed
superlativemost light-headed
alternative formlightheaded

Origin of light-headed

From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).

Words formed from light-headed

Questions about light-headed

What does light-headed mean?
Light-headed means dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
What is light-headed in Tamil?
Light-headed in Tamil is தலைசுற்றுகிற, தலைக்கறக்கமுடைய. See Light-headed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is light-headed?
Light-headed is an adjective.

Words near light-headed in the dictionary

  1. light-footedness
  2. light-gathering power
  3. light-handed
  4. light-handedly
  5. light-handedness
  6. light-headed
  7. light-headedly
  8. light-headedness
  9. light-hearted
  10. light-heartedly
  11. light-heartedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: light-headed (page history and authors); light-headed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); light-headed (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); light-headed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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