əˈtɛntɪv hiːd ˈθɔːtfʊl ˈθɔtfəl ˈθɑtfəl taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention heedful of the warnings so heedful a writer heedful of what they were doing paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) his attentiveness to her wishes he spends without heed to the consequences