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Meaning of "foolhardiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOLHARDINESS

foolhardiness  [ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOLHARDINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foolhardiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOOLHARDINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foolhardiness in the English dictionary

The definition of foolhardiness in the dictionary is the state of being foolhardy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOOLHARDINESS


bawdiness
ˈbɔːdɪnɪs
beadiness
ˈbiːdɪnɪs
cloudiness
ˈklaʊdɪnɪs
gaudiness
ˈɡɔːdɪnɪs
greediness
ˈɡriːdɪnɪs
handiness
ˈhændɪnɪs
hardiness
ˈhɑːdɪnɪs
moodiness
ˈmuːdɪnɪs
neediness
ˈniːdɪnɪs
readiness
ˈrɛdɪnɪs
seediness
ˈsiːdɪnɪs
speediness
ˈspiːdɪnɪs
steadiness
ˈstɛdɪnɪs
sturdiness
ˈstɜːdɪnɪs
tardiness
ˈtɑːdɪnɪs
trendiness
ˈtrendɪnɪs
tweediness
ˈtwiːdɪnɪs
unsteadiness
ʌnˈstɛdɪnɪs
weediness
ˈwiːdɪnɪs
wordiness
ˈwɜːdɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOLHARDINESS

fool´s mate
fool´s paradise
fool´s-parsley
foolbegged
fooleries
foolery
foolfish
foolhardier
foolhardiest
foolhardily
foolhardy
fooling about
foolish
foolishly
foolishness
foolproof
foolscap
foolscap envelope
foolscap octavo
foolscap quarto

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOLHARDINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of foolhardiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foolhardiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOLHARDINESS

Find out the translation of foolhardiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foolhardiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foolhardiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有勇无谋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

temeridad
570 millions of speakers

English

foolhardiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foolhardiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التهور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лихачество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foolhardiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

foolhardiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imprudence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bodoh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tollkühnheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無謀
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무모한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bodho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điên rồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மடத்தனம்கூட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्खपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çılgınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foolhardiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

foolhardiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молодецтво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

temeritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απερισκεψίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doldriestheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dumdristighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dumdristighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foolhardiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOLHARDINESS»

The term «foolhardiness» is regularly used and occupies the 95.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOLHARDINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foolhardiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foolhardiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foolhardiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOLHARDINESS»

Discover the use of foolhardiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foolhardiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the ...
The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen ...
Lee H. Whittlesey, 2014
2
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: ...
Recounts humorous anecdotes concerning the political campaigns and elections of American presidents ranging from Andrew Jackson to George W. Bush.
David E. Johnson, Johnny Ray Johnson, 2004
3
Archetypes of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
Aristotle illustrated his point with a lengthy analysis of courage, which he placed between the deficiency of cowardice and the excess of recklessness or foolhardiness, both of which are vices. Some examples of Aristotelian vices and virtues ...
Douglas Soccio, 2012
4
The Living Age ...
FOOLHARDINESS. PORTUGAL'S COLON IES. A RACES CONGRESS. BOOKS AND AUTHORS. “yo'w".':§2'f'x'_". country and the relief of rates, but also for a general and all-round reduction of taxation. Fifty years ago, when strict financial ...
5
The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
Foolhardiness, for example, is more like valour than is cowardice, and prodigality is more like liberality than is stinginess. Thus, then, it is the two extremes that are the most unlike each other ; and, inasmuch as the definition of contraries is " all ...
Aristotle, 1869
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Living Age ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell. COURAGE AND FOOLHARDINESS. POR'1' UGAL'S COLONIES. A RACES CONGRESS. BOOKS AND AUTHORS. "v,',_,,"',,',“ §fl}'x',' No. country and the relief of rates, but also for a general and all-round ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1910
7
Locke's Education for Liberty
Clearly therefore, apart from simple ignorance of danger, which is easily corrected by information, foolhardiness is not simple lack of fear; it is silenced fear or, rather, fear not listened to. For fear is too natural to be simply absent when one is ...
Nathan Tarcov, 1999
8
Journal. Appendix
1905 : 1905 : top of middle finger of left hand out off 10th January, 1905 I l 1905 : ' Foolhardiness. lost first three fingers i' of right hand 27th January, thumb crushed 13th February, 1905: finger taken off at second joint a piece of timber over the ...
New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, 1905
9
Anthropological papers
and were brave to the point of foolhardiness; no one was allowed to pass in front of them. In attempting to ascertain the relations of the Inverted VVarriors, we shall do well to lay stress on the two characteristic activities,—— backward speech ...
10
Captain Gronow's Recollections and Anecdotes of the Camp, ...
Foolhardiness. — I may here recount an instance of the folly and foolhardiness of youth, and the recklessness to which a long course of exposure to danger produces. When Bayonne was invested, I was one night on duty on the outer picket.
Rees Howell Gronow, 1864

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOLHARDINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foolhardiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2004: A Westmeath Odyssey - RTÉ Sport
Our faithful guardian, possessed of a rare combination of dedication and foolhardiness tries to hold the delirious hordes back. Good luck. «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
2
People can find love outside marriage: Author Nim Gholkar | Latest …
She personifies youthful bravado and foolhardiness caught in a time-warp... the brash, go-getter who the naïve and play-safes look up to ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
3
Somaliland: The Surreptitious Material from the Tattletale
... I would like to highlight the root-causes of the Somali disintegration, and how it is unlikely to regain the foolhardiness of the imaginary unity of ... «Somaliland Sun, Jul 15»
4
Jason Pierre-Paul cost himself millions by not thinking of …
Moreover, the Giants' $60-million, multi-year deal has now been pulled in the aftermath of Pierre-Paul's holiday foolhardiness. As such, the ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
5
No, sweet no
What the European elite see as foolhardiness and the anti-Europeans see as a desire to leave the Euro, is a simple but intelligent judgement: ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
6
Upper East Citizens decry NDC propaganda.
I am told they are livid at the foolhardiness of the NDC. An opinion leader in Kaare expressed his disappointment at a night rally yesterday ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
7
Meet Peter McEvoy, the faceless man behind the Q&A scandal
Stubborn. Naughty. Brave to the point of foolhardiness. A wildcard. A visionary. These are some of the words colleagues use to describe Peter ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Master Fort Shredder
Not even yourself with your foolhardiness, complacency, addictions and family's poverty. That is, if they have a family. We battled, ferociously at ... «Oregon Coast Today, Jun 15»
9
Come fly with me: a history of Irish aviation in images
... of vision, but it also demands technical brilliance, financial ebullience and sheer bloody guts. Possibly even a wild touch of foolhardiness too! «Irish Times, Jun 15»
10
Europe's emissions trading system turns 10 - a success worthy of …
Being first takes enormous courage, perhaps close to foolhardiness, but Dudek, EDF President Fred Krupp and their colleagues took those ... «Environmental Defense Fund, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Foolhardiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foolhardiness>. Apr 2024 ».
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