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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
- Example: "judicious use of one's money"
- Example: "a wise decision"
[syn: judicious, wise, heady]

2. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic;
[syn: heady, intoxicating]

3. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
- Example: "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"
- Example: "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay
- Example: "a reckless driver"
- Example: "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"
[syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Heady \Head"y\ (h[e^]d"[y^]), a. [From Head.]
   1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion;
      ungovernable.
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            All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady,
            -- to be violent on one side or the other. --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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   2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.
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            The liquor is too heady.              --Dryden.
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   3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

heady
    adj 1: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense
           in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a
           wise decision" [syn: judicious, wise, heady]
    2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn:
       heady, intoxicating]
    3: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
       "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";
       "became the fiercest and most reckless of
       partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to
       climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash,
       reckless]