lightheadedness

See also: light-headedness

English

Alternative forms

• light-headedness

Etymology

From light-headed (adjective) (any sense) +‎ -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lītʹhĕd'(ĭ)d-nĕs
• Hyphenation: light‧head‧ed‧ness

Noun

lightheadedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.

   The lightheadedness passed once I lay down.

Synonyms

• giddiness

Related terms

• light-headedly (adverb)

Translations

the property of feeling lighheaded

• German: Benommenheit (de) f
• Greek: λιποθυμία (el) f (lipothymía)
• Irish: aerthacht f

See also

• vertigo

Further reading

• lightheadedness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “lightheadedness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.