Definition of "heady" in English

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 such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.