heady
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7.9
- 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.
- It's a balance, you know, because I, I tend to be very heady at times.
Examples
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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.
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Otis, how would you like the heady experience of being thrown from a moving vehicle?
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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.
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During the heady moments of his victory, he forgot all about the challenges ahead.
Synonyms
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3.6
Acting without care about danger or the results
16
7.4
Taking dangerous risks without thinking about what will happen
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4.3
Acting without careful thought and likely to cause problems
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9.9
Acting quickly without thinking
Antonyms
How Reckless
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.