- 2. Humped, hunched, hump-backed, crook-backed.
Gibbousness, n. See gibbosity.
Gibe, v. n. Sneer, scoff, jeer, fleer, flout.
Gibe, v. a. Flout, taunt, deride, ridicule, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at.
Gibe, n. Sneer, scoff, taunt, flout, biting jest.
Giddiness, n. Vertigo, dizziness, swimming of the head.
Giddy, a.
- 1. Vertiginous, dizzy.
- 2. Changeable, fickle, inconstant, unsteady, mutable, unstable, vacillating, irresolute.
- 3. Careless, heedless, thoughtless, wild, reckless, headlong, flighty, hair-brained, giddy-brained, light-
headed.
Giddy-brained, a. Hair-brained, heedless. See giddy, 3.
Gift, n.
- 1. Donation, present, benefaction, boon, gratuity, grant, offering, contribution, subscription, donative,
largess, subsidy, allowance, endowment, bounty, bequest, legacy, dower, demise, dotation, douceur.
- 2. Talent, power, faculty, capability, capacity, ability, endowment, genius, turn, forte.
Gifted, a. Talented, able, ingenious, sagacious, inventive, intelligent.
Gift of the gab. (Colloq.) Fluency, volubility, glibness, readiness of speech, command of language, facility of expression.
Gigantic, a. Huge, vast, enormous, colossal, prodigious, Cyclopean, Herculean, giant, very large.
Giggle, n. Titter, silly laugh, snicker, snigger.
Giggle, v. n. Laugh (in a silly manner), titter, cackle, snicker, snigger.
Gild, v. a.
- 1. Coat with gold-leaf, overlay with gold.
- 2. Adorn, brighten, illuminate, make lustrous, make bright.