Thesaurus: heady

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1. a. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
2. a. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
3. a. Violent; impetuous.
4. adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
5. adj. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
6. adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
7. 1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable. All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. Sir W. Temple. 2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong. The liquor is too heady. Dryden. 3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." Shak.
8. j:100 s. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic