heady
See also: Heady
English
Etymology
From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛdi/
- Rhymes: -ɛdi
Adjective
heady (comparative headier, superlative headiest)
- Intoxicating or stupefying.
- The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
- Tending to upset the mind or senses.
- We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
- Exhilarating.
- The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
- Intellectual.
- Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
- Rash or impetuous.
- He made too heady promises, and when it came time, he was never able to fulfill them.
Derived terms
Translations
intoxicating or stupefying
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rash or impetuous
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