The young man is often foolhardy.
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Foolhardy
//ˈfuːlhɑːdi//
Synonyms for "foolhardy" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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Synonyms
6 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
5 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φιλοκίνδυνος adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- ῥιψοκίνδυνος adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Bulgarian
1 entries- безразсъдно смел adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Dutch
2 entries- doldriest adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- roekeloos adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Esperanto
1 entries- temerara adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Finnish
3 entries- huimapäinen adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- hullunrohkea adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- tyhmänrohkea adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
French
1 entries- tête brûlée adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Galician
1 entries- temerario adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
German
4 entries- dummdreist adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- hitzköpfig adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- tollkühn adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- töricht adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Hungarian
1 entries- vakmerő adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Indonesian
1 entries- nekat adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Italian
4 entries- avventato adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- dissennato adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- imprudente adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- spericolato adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Māori
2 entries- pokerenoa adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- rorohuri adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دلی adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Polish
2 entries- ryzykowny adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- wariacki adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Russian
3 entries- безрассу́дно хра́брый adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- бесшабашный adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- необду́манно сме́лый adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Spanish
1 entries- temerario adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Swedish
1 entries- dumdristig adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Turkish
2 entries- delidolu adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
- çılgınca adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Volapük
1 entries- lukünik adj (marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom is foolhardy.
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Tom is foolhardy, isn't he?
Source: tatoeba (3417180)
Don't do anything foolhardy like deciding to go with Tom.
Source: tatoeba (3725106)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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