foolhardy

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Adjective

foolhardy (comparative foolhardier or more foolhardy, superlative foolhardiest or most foolhardy)

1. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
   • 1876, Mark Twain, chapter 6, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer^[1]:

     The master’s pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this foolhardy boy had lost his mind.

   • 2000. Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, p. 14:

     In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland...

Synonyms

• bold
• foolish
• rash
• daring
• reckless

Derived terms

• foolhardiness

Translations

hotheaded

Dutch: roekeloos nl, doldriest nl Finnish: hullunrohkea fi, tyhmänrohkea fi, huimapäinen fi

French: tête brûlée (fr) f. German: töricht de, tollkühn de, vermessen de, verwegen de Volapük: lukünik (vo)