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heady

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1. heady - Adjective

2. heady - Adjective Satellite

3. Heady - Proper noun

Meaning

Violent; impetuous.

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. Colette

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. Audre Lorde

I grew up in the time around India's independence, in the aura of a country fighting for its freedom. It was a heady and idealistic time, and we were all infected with a spirit of optimism, and the spirit of Gandhiji. Ela Bhatt

Swept up in a grand illusion that I might be able to eat, have a roof over my head, own some pretty dresses and realize, in a vastly heady way, that I could make a living doing my art, which was the only dream I ever had, what could I say but "Yes, where do I sign?" Margaret Cho

Reading is a heady thing. You can be into the action of someone's thoughts and take a whole trip down someone's ruminations while seconds tick by in the world that they're in, but you can't really do that in film. Some films can, but not too much. Alan Tudyk

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. Charley Pride

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