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foolhardy

[ fool-hahr-dee ]

/ ˈfulˌhɑr di /

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adjective, fool·har·di·er, fool·har·di·est.

recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.

Origin of foolhardy

1175–1225; Middle English folhardy < Old French fol hardi. See fool¹, hardy¹

SYNONYMS FOR foolhardy

impetuous, headlong, heedless, incautious.

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OTHER WORDS FROM foolhardy

fool·har·di·ly, adverb fool·har·di·ness, noun

Words nearby foolhardy

fool's mate, fool's paradise, fool's-parsley, foolery, foolfish, foolhardy, foolish, foolproof, fools rush in where angels fear to tread, foolscap, foosball

Example sentences from the Web for foolhardy

It would be foolhardy to end the program without ensuring that we remain safe from attack.

Bush Era Republicans Letter Denouncing RNC's NSA Criticism | |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Be it safe, be it foolhardy, Snapchat appears to be on fire.

Snapchat: Naughty, Goofy, Ethereal, Permanent or All of the Above? |Winston Ross |September 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Esposito is a loose canon, brash, foolhardy, and possibly crooked.

Reading the Detective |David Goodwillie |June 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
What if they did something impulsive and young and foolhardy?

The Death of Will-They-or-Won't-They |Jace Lacob |May 23, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

“Some might argue that Pawlenty is foolhardy to take the stage in South Carolina with this group,” says the Daily Caller.

Pawlenty’s Fox Gamble |Howard Kurtz |May 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
His curiosity was aroused; it did not, however, tempt him to any foolhardy act.

The Lone Star Ranger |Zane Grey
But his zeal was not tempered by discretion, otherwise he would not have attempted such a foolhardy task.

The History of Burke and Hare |George Mac Gregor
It was one of those daring enterprises which if successful receive the highest praise, if unsuccessful are scouted as foolhardy.

Vermont |Rowland E. Robinson
Foolhardy self-reliance says, I shall never be moved (x. 6), and the end of that boast is destruction.

The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 |A. Maclaren
The boy felt, however, that to hesitate any longer would be foolhardy in the extreme.

Don Hale with the Flying Squadron |W. Crispin Sheppard

British Dictionary definitions for foolhardy

foolhardy

/ (ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪ) /

adjective -hardier or -hardiest

heedlessly rash or adventurous

Derived forms of foolhardy

foolhardily, adverb foolhardiness, noun

Word Origin for foolhardy

C13: from Old French fol hardi, from fol foolish + hardi bold