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foolhardiness

noun as in recklessness

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They are now doomed to a lifetime's torment, reminded of their foolhardiness every time someone tries to call.

To enter into a struggle with a King of the French was, for the city of Laon, an act of almost insane foolhardiness.

At the bottom of all he says about his foolhardiness in Dalmatia there lurks a proud self-satisfaction.

Similarly courage is a mean between foolhardiness and rashness on the side of excess, and cowardice on the side of defect.

No less gracious was the kindly fortune that shielded those whom duty, caprice, or foolhardiness brought into the streets.

Your foolhardiness appals me, and heaven knows, I never expected that I should be in a position to call you foolhardy.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foolhardiness, such as: brashness, carelessness, heedlessness, impetuousness, incautiousness, and rashness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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