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(hedi)
Word forms: comparative headier, superlative headiest
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A heady drink, atmosphere, or experience strongly affects your senses, for example by making you feel drunk or excited.
...in the heady days just after their marriage.
I felt heady and euphoric.
Synonyms: exciting, thrilling, stimulating, exhilarating More Synonyms of heady
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heady in British English

(ˈhɛdɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: headier or headiest
1. 
(of alcoholic drink) intoxicating
2. 
strongly affecting the mind or senses; extremely exciting
3. 
rash; impetuous
Derived forms
headily (ˈheadily)
adverb
headiness (ˈheadiness)
noun

heady in American English

(ˈhɛdi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈheadier or ˈheadiest
1. 
impetuous; rash; willful
2. 
tending to affect the senses; intoxicating
heady wine
3. 
having, showing, or using intelligence or good judgment
Word origin
ME hevedi: see head & -y3

Examples of 'heady' in a sentence
heady

These are heady days for one of the most popular jockeys in the weighing room.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
These are heady days for City fans.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Once those heady days came to an end, I had the money and the time to indulge myself.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That mixture of enthusiasm and patient desperation is actually a very toxic and heady mixture.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For a moment she felt dizzy with a heady mix of guilt and fear.
Tracy Chevalier Burning Bright (2007)
This is heady stuff for a world as phlegmatic as racing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
What are the lessons we should learn from those heady days?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But this shot gave us a flashback to those heady days of glam rock.
The Sun (2014)
The writers were a heady mixture.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was all pretty heady stuff.
The Sun (2011)
It was an odd, heady experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's a throaty mix of heady pleasure.
The Sun (2008)
It was a heady mixture, irresistible to those who wished to turn prehistory into a form of mystery play.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
With a freshness and abundance that looks forward to the heady days of summer, it should make a perfect garden plant.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was the THIRD time in a week that the total spent hit heady new heights.
The Sun (2010)
A win would have taken the Toon to the heady heights of fifth.
The Sun (2010)
They made it five goals in their last two home games as they moved up to the heady heights of 10th place in the table.
The Sun (2011)
Especially this song - it's got this dreamy vibe that makes you feel all heady.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were exciting, heady days, full of possibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was a very heady experience -- I was not yet twenty.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)

In other languages
heady

British English: heady ADJECTIVE
A heady drink, atmosphere, or experience strongly affects your senses, for example by making you feel excited.
...in the heady days just after their marriage.
  • American English: heady
  • Brazilian Portuguese: estonteante
  • Chinese: 令人陶醉的
  • European Spanish: apasionante
  • French: grisant
  • German: berauschend
  • Italian: che dà alla testa
  • Japanese: 陶酔させる
  • Korean: 흥분 시키는
  • European Portuguese: estonteante
  • Latin American Spanish: apasionante

1 (adjective) 
Definition
(of an experience or period of time) extremely exciting
in the heady days of their summer travels
Synonyms
exciting
the most exciting adventure of their lives
thrilling
a thrilling encounter with wildlife in its natural state
stimulating
The atmosphere was always stimulating.
exhilarating
It was the most exhilarating experience of my life.
overwhelming
intoxicating
The music is pulsating and the atmosphere intoxicating.
2 (adjective) 
Definition
(of alcoholic drink, atmosphere, etc.) strongly affecting the physical senses
heady with the smell of flowers and blossom.
Synonyms
intoxicating
intoxicating liquor
strong
It's a good strong flavour, without being overpowering.
potent
The treatment is extremely potent, but can have unpleasant side-effects.
inebriating
spirituous
3 (adjective) 
Definition
rash and impetuous
Synonyms
rash
Don't do anything rash until the feelings subside.
reckless
He is charged with causing death by reckless driving.
precipitate
I don't think we should make any precipitate decisions.
hasty
Let's not be hasty.
impulsive
The press claim that she is too impulsive to be a responsible prime minister.
thoughtless
It was thoughtless of her to mention it.
impetuous
He tended to act in a heated and impetuous way.
inconsiderate
his inconsiderate behaviour

Additional synonyms

in the sense of exhilarating
Definition
causing strong feelings of excitement and happiness
It was the most exhilarating experience of my life.
Synonyms
exciting,
thrilling,
stimulating,
breathtaking,
cheering,
exalting,
enlivening,
invigorating,
gladdening,
vitalizing,
exhilarant
in the sense of hasty
Definition
done too quickly and without thought
Let's not be hasty.
Synonyms
rash,
premature,
reckless,
precipitate,
impulsive,
headlong,
foolhardy,
thoughtless,
impetuous,
indiscreet,
imprudent,
heedless,
incautious,
unduly quick
in the sense of impetuous
Definition
done rashly or hastily
He tended to act in a heated and impetuous way.
Synonyms
rash,
hasty,
impulsive,
violent,
furious,
fierce,
eager,
passionate,
spontaneous,
precipitate,
ardent,
impassioned,
headlong,
unplanned,
unbridled,
vehement,
unrestrained,
spur-of-the-moment,
unthinking,
unpremeditated,
unreflecting

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heady

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