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[ hed-ee ] / ˈhɛd i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR heady ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, head·i·er, head·i·est.intoxicating: a heady wine. affecting the mind or senses greatly: heady perfume. exciting; exhilarating: the heady news of victory. rashly impetuous: heady conduct. violent; destructive: heady winds. clever; shrewd: a heady scheme to win the election. Origin of headyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, heady is from the Middle English word hevedy, hedy. See head, -y1 SYNONYMS FOR heady3 thrilling, stirring, stimulating. SEE SYNONYMS FOR heady ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR heady3 depressing, disappointing. SEE ANTONYMS FOR heady ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM headyhead·i·ly, adverbhead·i·ness, nouno·ver·head·i·ness, nouno·ver·head·y, adjective un·head·y, adjective Words nearby headyheadway, headwear, headwind, headword, headwork, heady, heal, heal-all, healee, healer, Healey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for headyThe excitement was so heady that soon musicians were standing two and three deep at the bar of the Five Spot nearly every night. The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Aside from oil, Russia has two great exports: brilliant, heady novelists and captivating dashboard camera videos. Russian Dashcam Car Chase|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST These scenes bring out a strange lightheartedness you would not expect going into a film with such a heady synopsis. 'Rosewater' Review: Jon Stewart's Clumsy but Earnest Directorial Debut|Alex Suskind|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Though I was physically exhausted, my mind was filled with the heady, mysterious events of the day. Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The last six years have often been heady for someone who cares about progressive political movements. Progressive-palooza: On Obama, Occupy, and Moral Monday|Jedediah Purdy|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST A man of a strong, heady temperament, like Villon, is very differently tempted. Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson All of which filled Jacqueline with a new and heady sense of power. Kildares of Storm|Eleanor Mercein Kelly Meeting a stranger, someone with a different viewpoint, was a stimulating and heady as a glass of sparkling wine. The Lost Wagon|James Arthur Kjelgaard Here was not the heady, thoughtless boy to whom she had talked the other day. The Shepherd of the North|Richard Aumerle Maher It had a heady quality, or was that merely the close presence of Nadine herself? Frigid Fracas|Dallas McCord Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for heady
adjective headier or headiest(of alcoholic drink) intoxicating strongly affecting the mind or senses; extremely exciting rash; impetuous Derived forms of headyheadily, adverbheadiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to headyexhilarating, exciting, potent, overwhelming, powerful, provocative, stimulating, strong, spirituous, inebriating |