heady

Adjective Satellite

• marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
• extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
• marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; ; -Macaulay

Adj

• Intoxicating or stupefying.
• Tending to upset the mind or senses.
• Exhilarating.
• Intellectual.
• Rash or impetuous.

Adjective

• Potent and intoxicating; exhilarating or exciting.

Examples

• He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.
• Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
• The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
• The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
• The victory felt HEADY, a sweet reward for his intense Scrabble calculations.
• We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.

Synonyms

foolhardy, intoxicating, judicious, rash, reckless, wise

Anagrams of heady