desperadonoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdes.pəˈrɑː.dəʊ/us/ˌdes.pəˈrɑː.doʊ/plural desperados or desperadoessomeone who is willing to do things that involve risk or danger, often criminal things:
a gang of desperados
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Doing things without fear or proper thought
- bravado
- daredevil
- devil-may-care
- foolhardy
- heroics
- impulsive
- impulsiveness
- lemming
- like lemmings idiom
- like there is/was no tomorrow idiom
- precipitation
- rash
- second thought
- snap
- thought
- throw
- throw caution to the wind/winds idiom
- tomorrow
- trigger-happy
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