Heady

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›di

Origin

From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.

Full definition of heady

Adjective

1. intoxicating or stupefying
• The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
2. tending to upset the mind or senses
• We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
3. exhilarating
• The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
4. intellectual
• Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
5. rash or impetuous
• He made too heady promises, and when it came time, he was never able to fulfill them.

Derived terms

• headily
• headiness

Anagrams

• hayed