giddy

Preposition: at

• thought: We became giddy at the thought of climbing the stairs and seeing blue sky through a window.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: The applause of the crowd makes the head giddy.

Modifies a noun

• aunt: Aunt: My giddy aunt is an expression used to denote surprise.
• height: In these skills they can reach the giddy heights of level.
• excitement: And hair, swung stupidly around your face and a sense of giddy excitement that everything will turn out ok.
• feeling: Perhaps it was the giddy feeling of being abroad.
• spell: But remember, if your arthritis causes giddy spells when you turn your neck you should not be driving.
• rush: The Purple Bottle explores the exquisite joy of falling in love, Tare's vocals a giddy rush of lust and longing.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: She felt almost giddy with her own common sense.
• quite: I'm still feeling quite giddy just thinking about it.
• little: I confess to being a little giddy about this.
• very: He gets very giddy and likes to lick, be tickled & play fight!
• too: I think it has too much of a quiet comfortable Coldplay sound to get too giddy about, frankly.
• rather: He clutched the rail tightly and felt rather giddy.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: She felt almost giddy with her own common sense.
• get: Stop throwing me about, I'm getting giddy!
• become: The hair on my neck stood up, I became giddy, almost hysterical.
• go: Instead of choosing to have integrity in his working relationship with Susan, he goes giddy at the knees every time he sees her.

Preposition: with

• excitement: I am giddy with excitement for what the week may bring.
• delight: Hard-core opponents of biotechnology are practically giddy with delight.