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giddiness

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giddiness
noun
I nearly fell down with giddiness:
dizziness, light-headedness, loss of balance/equilibrium, spinning/swimming of the head;
faintness, weakness at the knees, unsteadiness, shakiness, wobbliness;
Scottish mirligoes, dwalm;
informal wooziness, legs like jelly, rubbery legs;
technical megrim, sturdy, scotoma;
archaic turnsick;
rare vertiginousness.
antonyms steadiness.