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heady

heady

2 7.9
Not caring about danger or bad results
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛdi/
: temerario
  • His heady decision to invest all his savings in a risky start-up worried his family.
  • heady and dangerous days

It's a balance, you know, because I, I tend to be very heady at times.

Examples

  • He's a very heady player who helps make things flow well.

    Blog text (22)

  • It's a balance, you know, because I, I tend to be very heady at times.

    Film Courage

  • Otis, how would you like the heady experience of being thrown from a moving vehicle?

    Superman (1978)

  • If you know anything about both of them, Morris is WAY more "heady" than Zwick ever was.

    Blog text (16)

  • The heady deed of having crossed half the world by herself is by now dull to Masha.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • In a sense, the heady freedom Machiavelli granted to the prince is substantially granted to or subsumed by everyone.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Well, look, I think that's quite a heady accusation from Congressman Chaffetz, and I know Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have been out there making outrageous political accusations as well.

    Blog text (34)

  • The heady excitement of the roller coaster left everyone shouting with joy.

  • During the heady moments of his victory, he forgot all about the challenges ahead.

Synonyms

reckless
vsheady
221 3.6

Acting without care about danger or the results

is more defiant and daring rather than simply careless about outcomes
rash
vsheady
51 4.3

Acting without careful thought and likely to cause problems

is more boldly defiant and shows open disregard for danger
foolhardy
vsheady
16 7.4

Taking dangerous risks without thinking about what will happen

is more openly defiant and rash in attitude than planned bravery
brainish
vsheady
1 9.9

Acting quickly without thinking

is more openly defiant not merely hasty or thoughtless

Antonyms

cautious
206 2.9

Careful to avoid risk or mistakes

prudent
84 6.2

Being careful and thinking ahead when you make decisions

How Reckless

foolhardy
16 7.4
reckless
221 3.6
heady
2 7.9
rash
51 4.3
careless
66 1.0

Surface Forms

heady positive
headier comparative
headiest superlative

Morphology

heady = head (semi-transparent) = head + y

The meaning 'reckless, rash' is a figurative extension from notions of being 'headstrong' or 'affected in the head' and may not be predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Heady is also linked to head as in headstrong and hot-headed. It came to mean acting without thinking, so a heady action is 'reckless' or 'rash'.