headyhead‧y /ˈhedi/ adjective [usually before noun] 
Examples
a heady combination of wine and brandy2very exciting in a way that makes you feel as if you can do anything you want to: the heady atmosphere of the early sixties
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a heady aroma
- A heady scent of jasmine hung in the summer air.
- Diane loved the blossoms and the heady aroma of the wild rose bush.
- He often wished he could relive the heady days of his youth.
- the heady excitement of being in love
- the heady years of fame
- He was filled with a heady longing for the office and Mr Chand to accept him; to let him stay.
- His task, one of unending and heady excitement, was now well and truly under way!
- It is a heady, exhilarating feeling, and I love it.
- Served rare, the meat of squab is a heady delicacy, both earthy and elegant.
- The wine was making her heady, but she let him refill her glass.
- This is a heady prospect, the more so during a recession.
- This is all pretty heady stuff.
- You kids must miss an awful lot in your eagerness to sip the heady cup of life, as your grandfather used to say.
Longman Language Activatorexciting► exciting
Collocations making you feel excited: · You're going to India? How exciting!· I've got some exciting news for you.· Hockey is a fast, exciting game to watch.find something exciting: · Stuart found life in Paris exciting.
► thrilling making you feel very excited and slightly nervous: · The helicopter trip over the mountains was a thrilling end to a fantastic holiday.· In a thrilling victory over Arizona, Bailey scored four straight points.
► gripping use this about books or films that are so exciting that you cannot stop reading or watching them: · a gripping detective story· The author describes in gripping detail the accident on the icy highway.
► exhilarating an exhilarating experience or activity makes you feel excited and full of energy: · Learning to surf is exhausting but exhilarating.· I still remember the exhilarating freedom of driving my first car.
► dramatic a dramatic part of a story, film etc has a lot of exciting and unexpected things happening in it: · The movie starts with a dramatic car chase across the desert.· "Voice of the Heart" is a dramatic story of two women that sweeps from New York to Europe and back again.
► nailbiting extremely exciting because you do not know what is going to happen next: · The movie's rescue scene makes a nice nailbiting finish.· The Minutemen managed another nailbiting win to remain undefeated.
► action-packed an action-packed film, book etc has a lot of exciting action in it: · Kids will love this action-packed adventure movie.· The book has an action-packed plot dealing with life during the Civil War.
► heady formal: heady days/atmosphere/excitement etc a time, feeling etc that makes you feel very excited, hopeful, and full of energy: · the heady excitement of being in love· He often wished he could relive the heady days of his youth.
having a strong smell► strong · There's a strong smell of gas in here.· Her perfume is so strong - it makes me gag.· Goat's cheese has a strong smell.strong-smelling · Pete had covered himself in strong-smelling aftershave.
► pungent having a very strong, sharp, and often unpleasant smell: · Garlic has a pungent aroma.· Pungent diesel fumes poured from the back of the truck.
► powerful very strong, and sometimes unpleasant: · Ammonia has a very powerful, distinctive smell.· The powerful smell of cabbage, sardines, and body odor filled the train.
► heady heady smell/scent/perfume a smell etc that is very strong and sweet, like a powerful smell of flowers: · A heady scent of jasmine hung in the summer air.· Diane loved the blossoms and the heady aroma of the wild rose bush.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► heady excitement
Word family (=strong excitement about what you might achieve)· Back then, there was the heady excitement of discovering feminism and getting involved in politics.
► heady perfume (=strong and sweet)· In early summer, lilacs finally open and release their heady perfume.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► days· Something from the hot, heady days of youth when the sap was rising.· As yet nobody knows, but I am no less optimistic now than I was in those heady days at Treasury.· This was in the heady days of 1978, when I first lost my leg, when very flared trousers were in.· Since those heady days the bar and its clientele have undergone a transformation.· These were heady days when the wine was new.· The wheel had come full circle since the heady days of expansion after the Robbins Report in 1963.· Even in the heady days following his release, there was no hiding the hesitation in their eyes.· The heady days of 1992 brought dramatic changes.
► scent· The heady scent of blossom had hung about the churchyard.· I loved its profuse blossoms, its heady scent.· It wasn't like that with the girls at the office, all heady scent and pouting, glossy lips.· Lucy skirted the kiosk overflowing with vases and baskets of flowers; the heady scents were sickening.· The heady scent of hot spices restored the sense of relaxation that moment in the cloakroom had nearly undone.· By May the soft greens of spring darken and the freshness of the garden gives way to headier scents and fragrances.· The air was warm and sultry, with the heady scents of plants perhaps never seen before.
► stuff· It was rumoured she had been a barmaid, heady stuff in those days.· Pretty heady stuff for a freshman....· It was heady stuff for me.· This is all pretty heady stuff.
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1a heady smell, drink etc is pleasantly strong and seems to affect you strongly: a heady combination of wine and brandy2very exciting in a way that makes you feel as if you can do anything you want to: the heady atmosphere of the early sixties