Heady and Melancholy
Opposite meaning words
Heady
Heady adjective - Experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion.
Usage example: still heady from his election win, he announced his first cabinet appointments
Melancholy is an antonym for heady.
Melancholy
Melancholy adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Heady is an antonym for melancholy.
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
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Melancholy and Heady. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heady/melancholy
Heady & Melancholy. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heady/melancholy>.
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