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Foolhardy
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What's The Definition Of Foolhardy?
[adj] marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Foolhardy: bold | rash | reckless Related Terms | Find terms related to Foolhardy: adventuresome | adventurous | audacious | bold | brash | careless | cheeky | daredevil | daring | death-defying | devil-may-care | enterprising | fire-eating | forward | gutsy | harebrained | hasty | headlong | heedless | hotheaded | impetuous | imprudent | incautious | irresponsible | madbrain | madbrained | madcap | nervy | overbold | precipitate | presumptuous | rash | reckless | temerarious | thoughtless | unthinking | venturesome | venturous | wild | wild-ass See Also | Foolhardy In Webster's Dictionary \Fool"har`dy\, a. [OF. folhardi. See {Fool} idiot, and
{Hardy}.]
Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.
--Howell.
Syn: Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless;
headlong; incautious. See {Rash}.
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