She had no sooner taken it into her hand than, either because she was too quick and heedless, or because the decree of the fairy had so ordained, it ran into her hand, and she fell down in a swoon.
Source: tatoeba (6211733)
Heedless
//ˈhiːdləs//
Synonyms for "heedless" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
listlessmadmindlessnear-sightednonchalantobliviousoffhandoverconfidentperfunctoryphlegmaticpococurantepromiscuousrashreasonlessremissrepressedrespectlessshiftlessshort-sightedstolid
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stunnedsuppressedtactlessthanklessthriftlessturned offturned-offunaccommodatingunanxiousunawareuncalculatinguncaringuncomplaisantunconcerneduncooperativeundiplomaticundiscriminatinguneconomicalunguardedunheedfulunheedingunhelpfuluninquiringuninquisitiveuninteresteduninvolvedunmarkingunmindfulunnoticingunnotingunobligingunobservantunobservingunpreparedunprovidingunreadyunreasoningunreflectingunreflectiveunremarkingunsolicitousuntactfulunthinkingunthoughtfulunthriftyunwarywildwithdrawnwrecking
Adjective(5 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
14 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 21 languages.
Bengali
2 entries- গাফেল adj (unaware, without noticing)
- বেপরোয়া adj (unaware, without noticing)
Bulgarian
2 entries- небрежен adj (unaware, without noticing)
- непредпазлив adj (unaware, without noticing)
Danish
3 entries- ubesinding adj (unaware, without noticing)
- ubetænksom adj (unaware, without noticing)
- uden hensyn til adj (unaware, without noticing)
Dutch
3 entries- onbewust adj (unaware, without noticing)
- onoplettend adj (unaware, without noticing)
- slordig adj (unaware, without noticing)
Finnish
3 entries- piittaamaton adj (unaware, without noticing)
- piittaamatta adj (unaware, without noticing)
- välittämättä adj (unaware, without noticing)
French
3 entries- inattentif adj (unaware, without noticing)
- insouciant adj (unaware, without noticing)
- négligent adj (unaware, without noticing)
Galician
4 entries- desatento adj (unaware, without noticing)
- descoidado adj (unaware, without noticing)
- desconsiderado adj (unaware, without noticing)
- distraído adj (unaware, without noticing)
German
4 entries- achtlos adj (unaware, without noticing)
- leichtsinnig adj (unaware, without noticing)
- nicht beachtend adj (unaware, without noticing)
- rücksichtslos adj (unaware, without noticing)
Greek
1 entries- αδιάφορος adj (unaware, without noticing)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- buhahâ adj (unaware, without noticing)
- dimainandamon adj (unaware, without noticing)
Irish
1 entries- anaireach adj (unaware, without noticing)
Italian
2 entries- disavveduto adj (unaware, without noticing)
- sventato adj (unaware, without noticing)
Latin
3 entries- inconsīderātus adj (unaware, without noticing)
- indīligens adj (unaware, without noticing)
- temerārius adj (unaware, without noticing)
Māori
4 entries- hautāruru adj (unaware, without noticing)
- mākūare adj (unaware, without noticing)
- mātotoru adj (unaware, without noticing)
- pokanoa adj (unaware, without noticing)
Persian
1 entries- بیپروا adj (unaware, without noticing)
Romanian
1 entries- nepăsător adj (unaware, without noticing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eas-umhail adj (unaware, without noticing)
Spanish
4 entries- desatento adj (unaware, without noticing)
- despistado adj (unaware, without noticing)
- distraído adj (unaware, without noticing)
- inconsiderado adj (unaware, without noticing)
Swedish
1 entries- oaktsam adj (unaware, without noticing)
Turkish
4 entries- aldırmayan adj (unaware, without noticing)
- aldırışsız adj (unaware, without noticing)
- dikkatsiz adj (unaware, without noticing)
- ehemmiyet etmeyen adj (unaware, without noticing)
Welsh
2 entries- di-hid adj (unaware, without noticing)
- dihidio adj (unaware, without noticing)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
As some compensation for what we have lost, we have surely a right to carry off this heedless goatherd, who understands his calling so badly that he pastures his goats on the sea-shore.
Source: tatoeba (6212704)
A greater yet and ghastlier sign remained / our heedless hearts to terrify anew.
Source: tatoeba (6814569)
But heedless, blind with frenzy, one and all / up to the sacred citadel we strain, / and there the ill-omened prodigy install.
Source: tatoeba (6815044)
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