heady

/'hedi/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Intoxicating or exhilarating: Having a strong, exciting, or stimulating effect, often similar to that of alcohol or a powerful emotion.
    • Impetuous or rash: Acting with or showing a reckless lack of thought for consequences; defiantly bold.
    • Judicious or sensible: Showing good judgment and common sense in practical matters. (Note: This sense is less common and can be contradictory to the "rash" sense.)
Usage Examples
  • Adjective (Intoxicating):
    • The heady perfume of the flowers filled the room.
    • They experienced the heady feeling of first success.
  • Adjective (Rash/Reckless):
    • In a heady moment of defiance, he quit his job without another lined up.
    • The general's heady decision to attack led to a swift defeat.
  • Adjective (Judicious):
    • Her heady management of the budget saved the company. (This usage is rare and often context-dependent.)
Advanced Usage
  • "heady days of...": Used to describe a period of exciting and often careless freedom or success.
    • He reminisced about the heady days of his youth.
  • "heady mix of...": Describes a powerful and intoxicating combination of elements.
    • The festival offered a heady mix of music, art, and culture.
Variants and Related Words
  • Headily (adverb): In an intoxicating or rash manner.
    • He headily invested all his savings.
  • Headiness (noun): The quality of being intoxicating or rash.
    • The headiness of the moment clouded her judgment.
Synonyms
  • Intoxicating: exhilarating, thrilling, stimulating.
  • Rash: reckless, impetuous, foolhardy, impulsive.
  • Judicious: wise, sensible, prudent, sagacious.
Antonyms
  • For "intoxicating": sobering, dull, bland.
  • For "rash": cautious, prudent, careful, considered.
  • For "judicious": foolish, imprudent, unwise.
Related Phrases
  • Heady stuff: Something that is very exciting, powerful, or impressive.
    • Winning the award was heady stuff for the young writer.
  • Heady with success: Feeling exhilarated and often overconfident because of a recent success.
    • Heady with success, the team underestimated their next opponent.
Adjective
  1. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
    • foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
    • became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans-Macaulay
    • a reckless driver
    • a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
  2. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
  3. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
    • judicious use of one's money
    • a wise decision

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