adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heady excitement (= strong excitement about what you might achieve )
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Back then, there was the heady excitement of discovering feminism and getting involved in politics.
heady (= strong and sweet )
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In early summer, lilacs finally open and release their heady perfume.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
days
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Something from the hot, heady days of youth when the sap was rising.
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As yet nobody knows, but I am no less optimistic now than I was in those heady days at Treasury.
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This was in the heady days of 1978, when I first lost my leg, when very flared trousers were in.
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Since those heady days the bar and its clientele have undergone a transformation.
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These were heady days when the wine was new.
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The wheel had come full circle since the heady days of expansion after the Robbins Report in 1963.
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Even in the heady days following his release, there was no hiding the hesitation in their eyes.
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The heady days of 1992 brought dramatic changes.
scent
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The heady scent of blossom had hung about the churchyard.
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I loved its profuse blossoms, its heady scent .
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It wasn't like that with the girls at the office, all heady scent and pouting, glossy lips.
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Lucy skirted the kiosk overflowing with vases and baskets of flowers; the heady scents were sickening.
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The heady scent of hot spices restored the sense of relaxation that moment in the cloakroom had nearly undone.
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By May the soft greens of spring darken and the freshness of the garden gives way to headier scents and fragrances.
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The air was warm and sultry, with the heady scents of plants perhaps never seen before.
stuff
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It was rumoured she had been a barmaid, heady stuff in those days.
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Pretty heady stuff for a freshman....
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It was heady stuff for me.
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This is all pretty heady stuff .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a heady aroma
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A heady scent of jasmine hung in the summer air.
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Diane loved the blossoms and the heady aroma of the wild rose bush.
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He often wished he could relive the heady days of his youth.
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the heady excitement of being in love
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the heady years of fame
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was filled with a heady longing for the office and Mr Chand to accept him; to let him stay.
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His task, one of unending and heady excitement, was now well and truly under way!
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It is a heady , exhilarating feeling, and I love it.
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Served rare, the meat of squab is a heady delicacy, both earthy and elegant.
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The wine was making her heady , but she let him refill her glass.
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This is a heady prospect, the more so during a recession.
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This is all pretty heady stuff.
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You kids must miss an awful lot in your eagerness to sip the heady cup of life, as your grandfather used to say.