heady

adjective6

1. •
   Intoxicating or stupefying.

   • The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
2. •
   Exhilarating or exciting; producing a feeling of high energy or confidence

   • The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
3. •
   Tending to upset the mind or senses.

   • We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
4. •
   rapid, substantial, or breakneck in growth.

   • The heady pace of manufacturing stands in contrast to some of the recent news on how consumers are faring.
   • This follows some heady gains in hourly wages for retail workers.
5. •
   Intellectual.

   • Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
6. •
   Rash or impetuous.

   • He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.