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单词 harum-scarum
释义

harum-scarum

adjective

har·​um-scar·​um ˌher-əm-ˈsker-əm How to pronounce harum-scarum (audio)
: reckless, irresponsible
harum-scarum adverb

Synonyms

  • daredevil
  • devil-may-care
  • foolhardy
  • hell-for-leather
  • irresponsible
  • kamikaze
  • reckless
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Word History

Etymology

perhaps from archaic hare to harass + scare

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

harum-scarum 1 of 2

adjective

as in reckless
having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions a harum-scarum dash through the crowded terminal to make the flight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • reckless
  • daredevil
  • daring
  • adventurous
  • nonchalant
  • foolhardy
  • kamikaze
  • careless
  • irresponsible
  • hell-for-leather
  • bold
  • devil-may-care
  • impetuous
  • wild
  • madcap
  • rash
  • hasty
  • carefree
  • audacious
  • venturesome
  • headlong
  • freewheeling
  • blithe
  • feckless
  • unworried
  • hotheaded
  • precipitate
  • incautious
  • thoughtless
  • slaphappy
  • unheeding
  • unmindful
  • inattentive
  • heedless
  • unconcerned
  • happy-go-lucky
  • mindless
  • unthinking
  • regardless
  • inconsiderate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cautious
  • circumspect
  • responsible
  • careful
  • timid
  • heedful
  • overcautious
  • overcareful
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harum-scarum

2 of 2

adverb

as in wild
in a confused and reckless manner tossed everything harum-scarum from the closet in a desperate attempt to find her shoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • wild
  • frantically
  • wildly
  • berserk
  • frenetically
  • frenziedly
  • uncontrollably
  • desperately
  • hectically
  • amuck
  • amok
  • helter-skelter
  • madly
  • pell-mell
  • berserkly
  • haywire
  • haphazard
  • crazily
  • agitatedly
  • recklessly
  • confusedly
  • riotously
  • skittishly
  • turbulently
  • tumultuously
  • heedlessly
  • topsy-turvy
  • feverishly
  • haphazardly
  • wantonly
  • chaotically
  • aimlessly
  • hotheadedly
  • hit or miss

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • coolly
  • calmly
  • cooly
  • unconcernedly
  • imperturbably
  • serenely
  • placidly
  • mildly
  • peacefully
  • meekly
  • composedly
  • orderly
  • tamely
  • collectedly
  • passively
  • systematically
  • self-composedly
  • self-possessedly
  • methodically
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