Antonyms for heady


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hed-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛd i


Definition of heady

Origin :
  • late 14c., "headstrong, hasty, impetuous," from head (n.) + adj. suffix -y (2). First recorded 1570s in sense of "apt to go to the head."
  • adj thrilling, intoxicating
Example sentences :
  • It was heady, this island of the south—heady in the summer-time.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • You can get up two bottles of our Lunel—at two francs—the heady kind.
  • Extract from : « Germinie Lacerteux » by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
  • Maybe the ozone and the other additives in your shelter air are too heady for me.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • She started, looked at him thoughtfully, and smiled a heady smile.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • The odour of the burning leaves was heady, a superdistillate of memories.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
  • It was a sad farrago of enthusiasm and levity and heady writing.
  • Extract from : « At Large » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • In towns and corporations they are heady and turbulent to have their wills.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • "'Tis the gift of youth to be rash and heady," the trapper calmly retorted.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie » by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • Here, if anywhere, might she forget the heady joys of the cinema.
  • Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • It was like heady wine to him to think of her with him always, in spirit if not in body.
  • Extract from : « The Graftons » by Archibald Marshall

Synonyms for heady

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