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Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall.

Slightly intoxicated.

Bewildered or confused

Unsteady or crooked.

(Slang) Scatterbrained or silly.

Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

Producing or tending to produce giddiness

(metonymy) Unsteady, askew.

Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid

Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.

To cause to have a whirling sensation.

Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.

To confuse or bewilder.

Very drunk

Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.

Producing giddiness.

Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.

Simple, half-witted.

(transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.

Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.

Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.

To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

Make dizzy or giddy;

Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;

Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;