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Foolhardiness

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n. The quality of being foolhardy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality of being foolhardy; courage without prudence or judgment; senseless rashness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the trait of giving little thought to danger

Word Usage

"Meurons, Frances used to expostulate against what she called my foolhardiness in making these evening visits; but their presence made no difference to me."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

unthoughtfulness thoughtlessness

Hyponym

brashness desperation adventurism

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

recklessness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

wilfulness shortsightedness recreancy obstructiveness imprudence remissness slackness improvidence fatuity levelling