foolhardy Definition
fool·hardy (fo̵̅o̅l′här′dē)
foolhardy Related Forms
fool′·har′·dily adverb
fool′·har′·di·ness noun
foolhardy Synonyms
foolhardy Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
do: He was counseled and disciplined by his branch but remained unconvinced he had done anything foolhardy.
Modifies a noun
- venture: Pakistan should be aware from its own experience that such foolhardy ventures against India can never succeed.
- attempt: Propellerhead tells the story of the author's hilarious and foolhardy attempts to learn to fly a microlight.
- thing: En route to Ohio, the pair do some foolhardy things.
- undertaking: I believed it practicable at that time, tho I now regard it as a foolhardy undertaking.
- enough: He stood on a highly decorated wagon selling patent medicines and would also act as dentist for those foolhardy enough.
- decision: This is not the year for the Ox person to take risks, make foolhardy decisions or jump into new ventures without thorough strategizing.
Modifying Another Word
- little: Three shops down, and my decision not to pre-order Twilight Princess suddenly looked a little foolhardy.
- so: The king could hardly believe that David could be so foolhardy as to offer to fight against Goliath.
- almost: But when Spike commits a terrible crime, Heaton decides to stand by him an act of astonishing, almost foolhardy loyalty.
- even: In retrospect Cut Piece seems dangerous, even foolhardy.
- not: Fortunately for me, I'm not foolhardy enough to send complete strangers thousands of pounds without some protection against fraud.
- extremely: MY DEAR BOB, - My extremely foolhardy venture is practically over.
Infinitive complement
- try: It is foolhardy to try to form an offshore company in order to evade paying taxes.
- attempt: The thinking here being it's foolhardy to attempt a head-to-head contest with the DTT platform where it cannot be beaten on price.
- do: The above not withstanding here is how to do it for those who are foolhardy enough to do so.
- use: It was quite foolhardy not to use the exemption when he had it.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It's difficult enough to find something that all Christians agree on, so bringing, say, Shinto into the equation seems foolhardy.
- consider: What they then did would now be considered foolhardy in the extreme.
Preposition: in
extreme: What they then did would now be considered foolhardy in the extreme.
Browse dictionary entries near foolhardy
- ‹ foolery
- ‹ fooled
- ‹ fool's-parsley
- ‹ fool's paradise
- ‹ fool's gold
- ‹ fool's errand
- ‹ fool's cap
- ‹ fool hen
- ‹ fool around
- ‹ fool
- fooling ›
- foolish ›
- foolishly ›
- foolishness ›
- foolproof ›
- foolscap ›
- foot ›
- foot-and-mouth disease ›
- foot brake ›
- foot-candle ›

