Synonyms for foolhardiness
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being foolhardy.
Forms
- Plural
- foolhardinesses → temerities, rashnesses, recklessnesses…
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Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- recklessness As soon as she came in, his recklessness vanished.
- temerity No one had the temerity to speak out against those war crimes.
- rashness I was not too pleased with his rashness to take down that guy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| foolhardiness | steady | |
| recklessness | rising | |
| temerity | steady | |
| rashness | steady | |
| inadvisability | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- temerity4, rashness
- 12 letters
- recklessness3
- 14 letters
- inadvisability
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (temerity4 = 4 syllables).