English-Thai Dictionary

foolhardy

ADJ บ้าระห่ำ  บ้าบิ่น  กล้า แบบ ไม่มีสติ ยั้งคิด  มุทะลุ  rash hot-headed impetuous careful vigilant ba-ra-ham

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOOLHARDY

a.[fool and hardy. ] Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOOLHARDY

Fool "har `dy, a. Etym: [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy. ]

 

Defn: Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

 

Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

foolhardy

fool har dy |ˈfo͞olˌhärdē ˈfulˌhɑrdi | ▶adjective ( foolhardier, foolhardiest ) recklessly bold or rash: it would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support. DERIVATIVES fool har di ly |-ˌhärdl -ē |adverb, fool har di ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French folhardi, from fol ‘foolish ’ + hardi ‘bold ’ (see hardy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

foolhardy

fool |hardy |ˈfuːlhɑːdi | ▶adjective ( foolhardier, foolhardiest ) recklessly bold or rash: it would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support. DERIVATIVES foolhardily adverb, foolhardiness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French folhardi, from fol ‘foolish ’ + hardi ‘bold ’ (see hardy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

foolhardy

foolhardy adjective their foolhardy plans: reckless, rash, irresponsible, impulsive, hotheaded, impetuous, bullheaded, daredevil, devil-may-care, madcap, harebrained, precipitate, hasty, overhasty; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS prudent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

foolhardy

foolhardy adjective he'd been stupid and foolhardy: reckless, rash, incautious, careless, heedless, unheeding, thoughtless, unwise, imprudent, irresponsible, injudicious, impulsive, hot-headed, impetuous, daredevil, devil-may-care, death-or-glory, madcap, hare-brained, precipitate, precipitous, desperate, hasty, overhasty, over-adventurous, over-venturesome; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS wise. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD foolhardy, rash, reckless See rash 2 . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

foolhardy

fool har dy /fúːlhɑ̀ː r di /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠〈行動が 〉無鉄砲な, 無茶 [謀 ]な .f ó ol h à r di ness 名詞