heady
adj/ˈhɛdi/
Etymology From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.
1
Intoxicating or stupefying.
- The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
- Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love / Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love1950, James Shelton, “Lilac Wine”:
2
Tending to upset the mind or senses.
- We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
3
Exhilarating or exciting; producing a feeling of high energy or confidence
- The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
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4
Broadly rapid, substantial, or breakneck in growth.
Typically of economic or industrial trends
- The heady pace of manufacturing stands in contrast to some of the recent news on how consumers are faring.
- This follows some heady gains in hourly wages for retail workers.
1 more example
- Home sales remained steady, although running slightly below the previous month's heady pace.
5
Intellectual.
- Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
6
Rash or impetuous.
- He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.
- Derived terms
- headily, headiness, heady days, overheady, unheady