English-Thai Dictionary

reckless

ADJ สะเพร่า  ไม่ ระวัง  ไม่ ไตร่ตรอง  careless rash thoughtless sa-pao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECKLESS

a.Careless; heedless; mindless. I made the king reckless, as them diligent.

 

RECKLESSNESS

n.Heedlessness; carelessness; negligence. [These words, formerly disused, have been recently revived. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECKLESS

Reck "less, a. Etym: [AS. recceleás, receleás.]

 

1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer.

 

2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney.

 

Syn. -- Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash. -- Reck "less *ly, adv. -- Reck "less *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reckless

reck less |ˈrekləs ˈrɛkləs | ▶adjective (of a person or their actions ) without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action: reckless driving. DERIVATIVES reck less ly adverb, reck less ness noun ORIGIN Old English reccelēas, from the Germanic base (meaning ‘care ’) of reck .

 

Oxford Dictionary

reckless

reck |less |ˈrɛklɪs | ▶adjective heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous: you mustn't be so reckless | reckless driving. DERIVATIVES recklessly adverb, recklessness noun ORIGIN Old English reccelēas, from the Germanic base (meaning ‘care ’) of reck .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reckless

reckless adjective reckless driving: rash, careless, thoughtless, heedless, unheeding, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care; irresponsible, foolhardy, audacious, overadventurous; ill-advised, injudicious, madcap, imprudent, unwise, ill-considered; informal kamikaze; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS careful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reckless

reckless adjective he was angry with himself and that made him reckless: rash, careless, thoughtless, incautious, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care, hot-headed; irresponsible, wild, foolhardy, headlong, over-adventurous, over-venturesome, audacious, death-or-glory; ill-advised, injudicious, misguided, hare-brained, madcap, imprudent, unwise, ill-considered, unconsidered, ill-conceived, unthinking, indiscreet, mindless, negligent; Brit. tearaway; informal harum-scarum, bull-in-a-china-shop; rare temerarious. ANTONYMS careful, cautious, prudent. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD reckless, rash, foolhardy See rash 2 . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reckless

reck less /rékləs /形容詞 〈人 行動が 〉向こう見ずな , 無謀な , 大胆な ▸ reckless driving 無謀な運転 ▸ with reckless abandon 大胆気ままに ～ness 名詞

 

recklessly

r é ck less ly 副詞 無謀に, 何も考えずに, 向こう見ずに .