Synonyms for harum scarum
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hair-uhm-skair-uhm, har-uhm-skar-uhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛər əmˈskɛər əm, ˈhær əmˈskær əm |
Top 10 synonyms for harum scarum
- abrupt
- adventurous
- bold
- brash
- breakneck
- brief
- carefree
- careless
- cavalier
- daring
- deranged
- determined
- devil-may-care
- disordered
- disorderly
- easygoing
- erratic
- every which way
- fiery
- flighty
- foolhardy
- frantic
- free and easy
- frenzied
- furious
- giddy
- gone off half-cocked
- haphazard
- happy-go-lucky
- harebrained
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- headstrong
- heedless
- hotheaded
- hurried
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- immature
- impatient
- impetuous
- improvident
- inattentive
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- insuppressible
- irrational
- irresponsible
- jump the gun
- jumping to conclusions
- lackadaisical
- light-minded
- madcap
- negligent
- nonchalant
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- overhasty
- passionate
- plunging
- precipitant
- precipitate
- purposeless
- quick
- rampageous
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- regardless
- riotous
- romping
- rushing
- scatty
- slapdash
- subitaneous
- swift
- temerarious
- topsy-turvy
- turbid
- turbulent
- unanticipated
- unconcerned
- unconsidered
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- unguarded
- unthinking
- unwary
- venturesome
- venturous
- violent
- wild
- willful
- without warning
Définition of harum scarum
Origin :- 1670s (adv.), probably a compound of obsolete hare (v.) "harry" + scare (v.), with 'um as a reduced form of them. As an adjective from 1751; as a noun from 1784.
- As in precipitous/precipitate : adj fast, sudden; impulsive; initial
- As in devil-may-care : adj easygoing and carefree
- As in chaotic : adj utterly confused
- As in ill-considered : adj rash
- As in precipitant : adj rash
- As in unconsidered : adj rash
- As in harum-scarum : adj reckless
- He was a bold, harum scarum fellow, as liable to pull the beard of a king, as to kick a pauper.
- Extract from : « Sustained honor » by John R. Musick,
- You can make a very good shot now and then, but you are too harum scarum and slap dash altogether.
- Extract from : « Rujub, the Juggler » by G. A. Henty
Antonyms for harum scarum
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