You immediately rushed headlong into it!
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Headlong
//ˈhɛd.lɒŋ//
Synonyms for "headlong" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
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3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- halsoorkop adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
- halsoorkop adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
- kop eerste adv (with the head first or down)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔱𐕒𐕚𐕍𐔰 adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἰταμός adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- буен adj (rushing forward without restraint)
- прибързан adj (precipitous)
- с главата напред adj (plunging downwards head foremost)
- стремителен adj (rushing forward without restraint)
Catalan
2 entries- amb cap davant adv (with the head first or down)
- de cap adv (with the head first or down)
Esperanto
1 entries- impete adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
Finnish
4 entries- päistikkaa adv (with the head first or down)
- päistikkaa adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
- pää edellä adv (with the head first or down)
- päätä pahkaa adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
French
1 entries- la tête la première adv (with the head first or down)
German
4 entries- Hals über Kopf adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
- kopfüber adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
- kopfüber adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
- mit dem Kopf zuerst adv (with the head first or down)
Irish
2 entries- i ndiaidh do chinn adv (with the head first or down)
- i ndiaidh do chinn adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
Italian
1 entries- a testa in avanti adv (with the head first or down)
Latin
1 entries- praeceps adv (with the head first or down)
Māori
2 entries- patiko adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
- tūpou adv (with the head first or down)
Norwegian
3 entries- hals over hode adj (rushing forward without restraint)
- med hode først adj (plunging downwards head foremost)
- hals over hode adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hodestups adv (with the head first or down)
- med hode først adv (with the head first or down)
Old English
2 entries- neowol adj (plunging downwards head foremost)
- neowol adv (with the head first or down)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onbesonnen adj (rushing forward without restraint)
Polish
1 entries- na oślep adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
Portuguese
1 entries- com a cabeça erguida adv (with the head first or down)
Russian
4 entries- голово́й вперёд adv (with the head first or down)
- опроме́тью adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
- очертя́ го́лову adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
- очертя́ го́лову adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bezglavo adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
- naglavačke adv (with the head first or down)
- naglavce adv (with the head first or down)
- strmoglavce adv (with an unrestrained forward motion)
Spanish
3 entries- de cabeza adj (plunging downwards head foremost)
- de cabeza adv (with the head first or down)
- de cabeza adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- langalanga adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
- wantewante adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
Swedish
1 entries- huvudstupa adv (with the head first or down)
Tamil
1 entries- தலைதெறிக்க adv (in haste, hastily, without deliberation)
Turkish
1 entries- kafa üstü adv (with the head first or down)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Mugabe's regime did not so much slide as plunge headlong into kleptocracy.
Source: tatoeba (2047269)
When a thunderstorm suddenly came out of the blue, she jumped abruptly out of the hammock and ran headlong into the house where she stopped short, remembering suddenly that she had no lightning rod, and because she realized at once that this sudden onrush of a thunderstorm could end her life before she could say Jack Robinson, she became sore afraid.
Source: tatoeba (2275608)
The car went out of control and pitched headlong into the river.
Source: tatoeba (2820665)
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