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Synonyms for foolhardy
ˈfulˌhɑr difool·hardy
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foolhardy, heady, rash, recklessadjective
marked by 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 Mount Everest"
Synonyms:
rash, heady, wise, reckless, heedless, judicious, intoxicatingAntonyms:
timid
Dictionary of English Synonymes
foolhardyadjective
Synonyms:
rash, venturous, adventurous, venturesome, reckless, desperate, hot-headed, hot-brained, hair-brained, headlong, precipitate
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3945 | bold | |
#4991 | wise | |
#15603 | rash | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#18719 | daring | |
#21679 | reckless | |
#23219 | fearless | |
#24888 | careless | |
#40578 | intoxicating | |
#42813 | heady | |
#43057 | unwise | |
#43924 | judicious | |
#45589 | feisty | |
#82005 | imprudent | |
#93106 | foolhardy | |
#98935 | heedless |
How to use foolhardy in a sentence?
Mills' was a brave move but maybe foolhardy. And shareholders paid the price of it.
It would be somewhat foolhardy to put ourselves in a legal bind by saying these are the targets we will adopt, before we put ourselves at the mercy of a legal challenge, I want to make sure we are doing the right thing first.
I think probably most people have written Red Bull off for this year but we're fighters and focused on getting ourselves into a competitive position, i think it would be foolhardy to write a team off with the caliber of people that Red Bull has in it.
I fault Hillary Clinton. I fault President Obama. But I also fault the neoconservatives within my party like Marco Rubio who have been eager for war in Libya, in Syria, in Iraq, and they want a no-fly zone in an airspace where Russia is already flying, it's a foolhardy notion, and people really -- this is the kind of stepping it up to a debate over who would best be commander in chief that we really need in our country.
I would like America to continue to strive to achieve the challenging and inspiring goal of landing astronauts on Mars, and if the Moon is an essential interim step, then I would support going there too, however, I am not prepared to cannibalize the rest of NASA's program or force the agency into taking foolhardy risks or making short-sighted plans simply to meet an arbitrary deadline.
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