rashness
Roget category 863
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.3. Prospective affections
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Rashness
noun
rashness
etc.
adj. —
temerity,
want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion —
overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity.
precipitancy,
precipitation —
impetuosity —
levity —
foolhardihood†,
foolhardiness —
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458 —
carelessness
etc.
(neglect)
460 —
desperation —
Quixotism,
knight-errantry —
fire eating.
gaming,
gambling —
blind bargain,
leap in the dark,
leap of faith,
fool's paradise —
too many eggs in one basket.
desperado,
rashling†,
madcap,
daredevil,
Hotspur,
fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
Hector,
scapegrace,
enfant perdu [Fr.] —
Don Quixote,
knight-errant,
Icarus —
adventurer —
gambler,
gamester —
dynamitard† —
boomer [U.S.].
verb
be rash
etc.
adj. —
stick at nothing,
play a desperate game —
run into danger
etc.
665 —
play with fire,
play with edge tools.
carry too much sail,
sail too near the wind,
ride at single anchor,
go out of one's depth.
take a leap in the dark,
buy a pig in a poke.
donner tete baissee [Fr.] —
knock,
one's bead against a wall
etc.
(be unskillful)
699 —
rush on destruction —
kick against the pricks,
tempt Providence,
go on a forlorn hope,
go on a fool's errand.
reckon one's chickens before they are reckon one's chickens before they are hatched,
count one's chickens before they are hatched,
reckon without one's host —
catch at straws —
trust to a broken reed,
lean on a broken reed.
adjective
rash,
incautious,
indiscreet —
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious —
uncalculating† —
heedless —
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460 —
without ballast,
heels over head,
head over heels —
giddy
etc.
(inattentive)
458 —
wanton,
reckless,
wild,
madcap —
desperate,
devil-may-care.
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained† —
headlong,
headstrong —
breakneck —
foolhardy —
harebrained —
precipitate,
impulsive.
overconfident,
overweening —
venturesome,
venturous —
adventurous,
Quixotic,
fire eating,
cavalier —
janty†,
jaunty,
free and easy.
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
adverb
post haste,
a corps perdu [Fr.],
hand over head,
tete baissee [Fr.],
headforemost† —
happen what may,
come what may.
phrase
neck or nothing,
the devil being in one —
non semper temeritas est felix [Lat.]
[Livy];
paucis temeritas est bono multis malo [Lat.]
[Phaedrus].
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