"light-headed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: lighter-headed [comparative], more light-headed [comparative], lightest-headed [superlative], most light-headed [superlative]
Etymology: From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|headed|pos1=adjective|pos2=adjective|t1=lacking weight or mental gravity|t2=having a head}} light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective) Head templates: {{en-adj|lighter-headed|more|sup=lightest-headed}} 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 (dizzy): giddy Translations (feeling faint): دَائِخ (dāʔiḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), licht in het hoofd (Dutch), benommen (German), λιπόθυμος (lipóthymos) (Greek), szédül (note: a verb) (Hungarian), kóválygó (s) (Hungarian), kába (Hungarian), kábult (Hungarian), bódult (Hungarian), aertha (Irish), aniroro (Maori), pōātinitini (Maori), خفیف (hafif) (Ottoman Turkish), кружится голова́ (alt: у кого-то) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-light-headed-en-adj-OL1-FM7s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'dizzy': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'feeling faint': 97 3
  2. (figuratively) Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Medical signs and symptoms Synonyms (thoughtless): heedless, unsteady, fickle, unaware, inattentive, careless, silly
    Sense id: en-light-headed-en-adj-6YALhQKW Disambiguation of Medical signs and symptoms: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'thoughtless': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lightheaded Derived forms: light-headedly [adverb], lightheadedness [noun] Related terms: lighthearted

Alternative forms

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