harum-scarum

harum-scarum
adj
1. rash, precipitate, hasty; reckless, careless, heedless, thoughtless, pell-mell, helter-skelter, head-over-heels; brash, incautious, injudicious, ill-advised, indiscreet, unwary, foolish; abrupt, sudden, unexpected, premature.
2. disorganized, chaotic, disorderly; haphazard, slapdash, topsy-turvy; jumbled, littered, scattered, askew, awry, slipshod, hugger-mugger.
3. uncontrolled, impetuous, impulsive, unrestrained, ungoverned, unchecked, unbridled; feverish, impatient, frantic, impasioned; madcap, madbrained, foolhardy, daredevil, breakneck, adventurous, hotheaded, harebrained, bird-witted, giddy-brained, giddy-headed, barmy-brained, empty-headed, rattlepated, crazy; volatile, flighty, frivolous, erratic, fickle, unreliable, irresponsible; wild, giddy, dashing, over-confident, rampant, quixotic, punch-drunk, death-defying, devil-may-care, dangerous, ruinous, perilous.
adv
4. headlong, precipitately, hurriedly, hastily; abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, prematurely, inopportunely, too soon, without notice or warning, on the spur of the moment, like a bolt from the blue, like a thief in the night; incautiously, unadvisedly, foolishly, unwarily, impetuously, impulsively, impatiently; rashly, wildly, recklessly, carelessly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, slapdash, at half cock, helter-skelter, head over heels.
n
5. a reckless person, troublemaker, mischief-maker, devil.

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