Meaning

• Intoxicating or stupefying.

  "The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits."

• Tending to upset the mind or senses.

  "We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock."

• Exhilarating.

  "The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits."

• Intellectual.

  "Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student."

• Rash or impetuous.

  "He made too heady promises, and when it came time, he was never able to fulfill them."