heady
- 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.
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exhilarating, exciting, potent, overwhelming, powerful, provocative, stimulating, strong, spirituousExamples from the Web for heady
Contemporary Examples of heady
The excitement was so heady that soon musicians were standing two and three deep at the bar of the Five Spot nearly every night.
Aside from oil, Russia has two great exports: brilliant, heady novelists and captivating dashboard camera videos.
These scenes bring out a strange lightheartedness you would not expect going into a film with such a heady synopsis.
Though I was physically exhausted, my mind was filled with the heady, mysterious events of the day.
The last six years have often been heady for someone who cares about progressive political movements.
Historical Examples of heady
It was heady, this island of the south—heady in the summer-time.
The Call of the BloodRobert Smythe Hichens
You can get up two bottles of our Lunel—at two francs—the heady kind.
Germinie LacerteuxEdmond and Jules de Goncourt
Maybe the ozone and the other additives in your shelter air are too heady for me.
The Creature from Cleveland DepthsFritz Reuter Leiber
She started, looked at him thoughtfully, and smiled a heady smile.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
The odour of the burning leaves was heady, a superdistillate of memories.
StubbleGeorge Looms
heady
- (of alcoholic drink) intoxicating
- strongly affecting the mind or senses; extremely exciting
- rash; impetuous