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head⋅y

  [hed-ee]
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–adjective, head⋅i⋅er, head⋅i⋅est.
1. intoxicating: a heady wine.
2. affecting the mind or senses greatly: heady perfume.
3. exciting; exhilarating: the heady news of victory.
4. rashly impetuous: heady conduct.
5. violent; destructive: heady winds.
6. clever; shrewd: a heady scheme to win the election.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME hevedy, hedy. See head, -y 1

Related forms:
head⋅i⋅ly, adverb
head⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. thrilling, stirring, stimulating.

Antonyms:
3. depressing, disappointing.
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head·y   (hěd'ē)   
adj.   head·i·er, head·i·est
    1. Intoxicating or stupefying: heady liqueur.
    2. Tending to upset the mind or the balance of senses: standing on a heady outcrop of rock.
    3. Serving to exhilarate: the heady news of triumph.
    4. Impetuous and rash: a heady outburst of anger.
    5. Domineering; overbearing: too heady to reason with.
    1. Impetuous and rash: a heady outburst of anger.
    2. Domineering; overbearing: too heady to reason with.
  3. Swift and violent; headlong: a heady current.
  4. Showing intelligence and good judgment; prudent: heady tactics.
  5. Suffering from a headache: a heady, throbbing feeling.
head'i·ly adv., head'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Heady

Head"y\, a. [From Head.]

1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. --Sir W. Temple.

2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.

The liquor is too heady. --Dryden.

3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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heady 
1382, from head + adj. suffix -y. Originally "headstrong;" first recorded 1577 in sense of "apt to go to the head."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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