Reckless

Definition: Reckless

Reckless

Adjective

1. Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center".

2. Characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "reckless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Reckless

Neglect

Supine; (inactive); inattentive; insouciant; (indifferent); imprudent, reckless; slovenly; (disorderly), (dirty); inexact; (erroneous); improvident.

Rashness

Adjective: rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating; heedless; careless; (neglectful); without ballast, heels over head, head over heels; giddy; (inattentive); wanton, reckless, wild, madcap; desperate, devil-may-care.

Crosswords: Reckless

What can men do against such reckless hate (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

There is no excuse for what I did. It was idiotic, immature, totally reckless, and I'm really sorry (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

Jesus Christ, and you think I'm reckless! When I fly, I'll have you know that my crew and my plane come first (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

Vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, possession of controlled substances, possession of a deadly weapon, violation of parole (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

The reckless ambitions of Man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences (Gojira; writing credit: Shuichi Nagahara; Lisa Tomei)

AND GET RECKLESS (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Some kinda rash 'n' reckless scene (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Really! How can they be so reckless (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)

Reckless Claudia (1971)

Born Reckless (1958)

The Reckless Moment (1949)

Mr. Reckless (1948)

Reckless Driver (1946)

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Books

• A Reckless Bargain (reference)

• A Reckless Encounter (reference)

• Reckless (reference)

• Reckless Love (reference)

• The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Reckless and Wild (reference)

• Reckless (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (reference)

• Reckless (reference)

• Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Salvador-- one divined instantly that here was a reckless, hard riding man. Credit: Library of Congress.

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It seemed as if words failed this creature, once so reckless and so bold

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Health

In one study conducted in Memphis, TN, researchers found that, of 150 reckless drivers who were tested for drugs at the arrest scene, 33 percent tested positive for marijuana, and 12 percent tested positive for both marijuana and cocaine. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

Charges against two suspects were dropped; the other three suspects were charged with reckless endangerment while using a weapon and were released on bail. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

Compromise proposals in which he would share power with his Vice President and refrain from what his opponents viewed as reckless conduct foundered. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "reckless": he is reckless of consequences ♦ reckless bankruptcy and reduction of assets ♦ reckless driving ♦ reckless of the danger. Additional references.

Beginning with "reckless": reckless-more.

Ending with "reckless": caldwell-reckless.

Albanian

trim (baresark, berserk, berserker, brave, cant, courageous, dare devil, daring, Dauntless, Doughty, fearless, gallant, game, Hardy, lion-hearted, manful, plucky, spunky, stouthearted, valiant, valor, valorous, valour), moskokëçarës (indifferent, inobservant, light, negligent, nonchalant, unsympathetic), kokëkrisur (audacious, foolhardy, Hardy, harum scarum, rash), i pamatur (imprudent, inadvisable, indiscreet, rash, spanless, unguarded, unmeasured, unsounded, unwary, unwise), i pakujdesshëm (careless, imprudent, incautious, negligent, ownerless, remiss, unadvised, unguarded, unheeding), i nxituar (cursory, hasty, headstrong, heady, hot-blooded, hot-headed, hurried, imprudent, precipitant, premature, previous, rash, slapdash), i dalldisur (ecstatic, foolhardy, rapturous, rash), guximtar (audacious, bold, bold man, courageous, courageous man, dare devil, daring, foolhardy, gallant, game, gritty, hardy man, manful, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, spunky, stout, stouthearted, temerarious, tossy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, refuse, regardless, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏مغامر (adventurer, adventurous, audacious, buccaneer, enterprising, escapade, foolhardy, gambler, rash, venturesome), ‏متهور (audacious, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, brash, careless, daredevil, daredevilry, desperate, devil may care, excessive, extravagant, foolhardy, harum scarum, hasty, headlong, heady, heedless, hot-headed, immaterial, impetuous, impish, imprudent, impulsive, inconsiderate, light-headed, madcap, precipitate, precipitous, rash, slapdash, temerarious, too hasty, unrestrained, unwary), ‏مستهتر (careless, gay, heedless, inconsiderate, irresponsible, licentious, light minded, loiterer, pleasure-seeking, thoughtless, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton), ‏مجازف (adventurous, foolhardy, hazardous, rash, risky), ‏غير مهتم (incurious, remiss), ‏سادر (headless, obdurate), ‏طائش (bad, careless, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, hasty, heedless, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, libertine, light, light minded, light-headed, lunatic, mad, madcap, muddle-headed, popinjay, random, rash, rattle-brained, scatter-brain, scatter-brained, scatty, stray, stunned, thoughtless, unadvised, unwise), ‏المستهتر (playboy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

необмислен (blind, crude, hasty, heedless, ill-considered, ill-judged, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, light hearted, light-headed, overbold, precipitate, precipitatious, rash, snap, thoughtless, unadvised, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, wild), безразсъден (daredevil, desperate, devil may care, injudicious, irrational, rash, reasonless, temerarious, unreasonable, unreasoning), дързък (arrogant, assuming, audacious, cheeky, contumelious, cool, daring, defiant, foolhardy, malapert, nervy, overbold, sassy, saucy, venturesome). (various references)

Chinese 

鲁莽, � �干 (foolhardy, rash), � � (barbarian, bullying, quite, rough, very), 倀 (groping, rash), 不顧一切 . (various references)

Czech

unáhlený (premature, violent), lehkomyslný (airy, featherbrained, featherheaded, frivolous, heedless, light minded), hazardní (hazardous, risky, Venturous), bezstarostný (carefree, careless, cavalier, easy, easygoing, free from care, gay, happy go lucky, jaunty, laid back, light hearted, light-headed, slaphappy, unconcerned), bezohledný (callous, cutthroat, heartless, inconsiderate, ruthless, thoughtless, unceremonious, unscrupulous). (various references)

Farsi 

بی پروا (Adventurer, Audacious, Confident, Daredevil, Dashing, Harebrained, Headlong, Heady, Heedless, Impetuous, Inconsiderate, Rash, Slapdash, Unadvised, Unscrupulous), بی ملاحظه (Incautious, Inconsiderate, Indiscreet, Thoughtless, Unconsidered), بی اعتنا (Inattentive), بی بیاک . (various references)

Finnish

rämäpäinen, uhkarohkea (daring, foolhardy, rash), hurjapäinen (ferocious, fierce), huima (wild). (various references)

French

téméraire, irréfléchi, insouciant (remiss), inconscient, imprudent, impétueux, écervelé. (various references)

German

waghalsig (adventurous, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, hazardous, rash, risky). (various references)

Greek 

ρέμπελοσ (disorderly, hobo), ριψοκίνδυνοσ (adventurous, hazardous, plunger, sporting, venturesome), παράτολμοσ (adventurous, breakneck, dare devil, foolhardy, hazardous, presumptuous, venturesome), παράτολμος (audacious, foolhardy, rash, temerarious), απρόσεκτοσ (careless, dabbler, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, mindless, negligent, perfunctory, regardless, slap dash, thoughtless, unguarded, unmindful, unwary), απερίσκεπτος (airy, foolhardy, impetuous, indiscreet, rash, thoughtless), ατάσθαλος. (various references)

Hebrew 

לא ז�"יר (imprudent, incautious, unguarded, unwary), פוחז (foolhardy, harebrained, irresponsible), פרוץ (broken through, cracked, crushed, licentious, unrestrained). (various references)

Hungarian

vakmerõ (audacious, daredevil, daring, fearless, foolhardy, overbold, temerarious), vakmerő (adventurous, audacious, daring, foolhardy, nervy), meggondolatlan (blindfold, blundering, foolhardy, hare-brained, hasty, headlong, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impetuous, impolitic, imprudent, impudent, incautious, injudicious, precipitate, rash, thoughtless, to lack ballast, unadvised, unreflecting, unthinking, unwary), figyelmetlen (distrait, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, mindless, negligent, perceptive, regardless, thoughtless, unmindful, unobservant, unperceptive). (various references)

Indonesian

teledor (negligent, untidy), sembrono (careless), sembarangan (careless, heady, just any), gegabah (heady, premature, rash), ceroboh (bum, careless, heady, wanton). (various references)

Italian

spericolato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

無謀 (recklessness, thoughtless). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がむしゃら (daredevil), の�"き (carefree, careless, easy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, heedless, optimistic), めったやたら (indiscriminate), めった (careless, seldom, thoughtless), むぼう (bare-headed, recklessness, thoughtless, uncovered head), むやみ (excessive), むてっぽう (rash), ら�"ぼう (lawless, rough, rude, unreasonable, violent), ちょとつもうし�" (foolhardy, headlong). (various references)

Korean 

무모한. (various references)

Manx

meearreydagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ecklessray.(various references)

Portuguese

temerário (chanceful, daredevil, daring, devil-may-care, foolhardy, overbold, temerarious, venturesome, wanton), ousado (audacious, chanceful, confident, daring, hardy, high-spirited, intrepid, perky, plucky, unabashed, venturesome), negligente (careless, derelict, devil-may-care, heedless, idle, inadvertent, inattentive, incurious, inobservant, lazy, loose, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, regardless, slack, unheeding, unmindful, unwary), irrefletido (flighty, giddy, hurry, ill-considered, impulsive, inconsiderate, light-minded, thoughtless, unadvised, unreflecting, unthinking, unwary), indiferente (aloof, callous, chill, chilly, chippy, cool, devil-may-care, freezing, frigid, frosty, immaterial, impassible, incurious, indifferent, insensitive, laodicean, listless, lukewarm, negligent, nonchalant, passive, pococurante, regardless, supine, unconcern, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive), imprudente (audacious, brash, foolhardy, hasty, headlong, heedless, hurry, ill-considered, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, injudicious, rash, thoughtless, unadvised, undiplomatic, unthinking, unwary, unwise), estouvado (harum-scarum, heedless, light-headed, madcap, thoughtless, unthinking, wrong-headed), despreocupado (carefree, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, light-hearted, unconcerned), descuidado (brainless, carefree, careless, casual, harebrained, heedless, inadvertent, incautious, light-minded, mindless, neglectful, negligent, perfunctory, regardless, remiss, scatterbrained, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, untidy, unwary). (various references)

Romanian

riscant (chancy, dangerous, dare devil, hazardous, risky, temerarious, unsafe, venturesome, wildcat), zãpãcit (confounded, confused, dawdler, dim, distracted, dizzy, flighty, giddy, hare-brained, headless, light-headed, madcap, muddle-headed, mused, muzzy, off one's dot, perplexedly, rash, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatterbrains, silly, thoughtless, topsy turvy, woolly-headed, wronghead, wrongheaded), orb (blind, crazy, dim, headlong, sightless, unenlightened, unseeing), nesãbuit (foolish, hare-brained, harum scarum, hell-bent, insensate, mad, rashly, recklessly, wild), nepãsãtor (airily, apathetic, apathetical, apathetically, careless, casual, devil may care, easy going, happy go lucky, heedless, impassible, impassive, inconsiderate, incurious, indifferent, indolent, insensible, insouciant, jaunty, lackadaisical, listless, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, regardless, remiss, slack, slow, stolid, thoughtless, unmoved), necugetat (foolish, ill-advised, ill-advisedly, inadvertent, mad, precipitate, rashly, thoughtless, thoughtlessly), nechibzuit (brainless, desperate, impolitic, incautious, inconsiderate, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvised, unreasonable, unthinking, unwise), nebunesc (crazy, desperate, foolish, insensate, lunatic, mad, madman's, nonsensical, wild), nebun (bad, bedlamite, bishop, brain sick, cracked, crazy, daft, delirious, demented, demoniac, distracted, distraught, extravagant, fool, foolish, frantic, frenzied, infatuated, insane, lunatic, mad, mad about, madcap, madman, maniac, maniacial, moon-struck, potty, raving, unruly, wild), indiferent (all one, all the same, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, indifferently, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unimportant, unmoved), descreierat (brainless, desperate, hare-brained, madcap), curajos (bold, brave, courageous, daring, Dauntless, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, high-spirited, manful, nervy, pluckily, plucky, spirited, stalwart, stout, temerarious, unflinching, vigorous), îndrãzneţ (assuming, audacious, bold, boldly, cheeky, cocky, courageous, daring, fearless, gallant, high-spirited, intrepid, manful, nervy, overdaring, risky, venturesome). (various references)

Russian 

опрометчивый (harebrained, headlong, heady, hot-headed, ill-advised, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, overbold, precipitate, rash, unwary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nesmotren (heedless, ill-advised, improvident, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, unwary), nemaran (careless, casual, debonair, delinquent, devil may care, easygoing, feckless, floppy, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, neglectful, negligent, slack, slipshod, sloppy). (various references)

Spanish

temerario (brash, daredevil, devil may care, foolhardy, overbold, rash, temerarious). (various references)

Swedish

hänsynslös (desperate, hard bitten, inconsiderate, unscrupulous, wanton). (various references)

Turkish

umursamaz (conscience-proof, devil may care, disregardful, harum scarum, insensible, lax, light, neglectful, negligent, slapdash, thickskinned, unconcerned, unheedful), pervasız (bluff, careless, daft, daring, devil may care, fearless, fond, gutsy, harum scarum), laubali (cavalier, familiar, informal, offhand, too familiar, unbuttoned, unceremonious, unconventional), lakayt (careless, indifferent, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, slapdash), kayıtsız (apathetic, apathetical, carefree, careless, devil may care, feckless, footloose, forgetful, freewheeling, impassive, incurious, indifferent, listless, nonchalant, regardless, rough and ready, unconditional, uninscribed, unmindful, unrecorded, unregistered), düşüncesiz (blind, blindfold, brusque, careless, flighty, freewheeling, gauche, half-baked, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heady, ill-advised, ill-judged, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, mindless, out of turn, rash, slapdash, tactless, thoughtless, unadvised, unmindful, unreflecting, unthinking, wanton, without tact, witless), atak (attack, confident, dapper, daring, dashing, gutsy, heady, mettled, mettlesome, militant, push, pushful, pushing, rash, spunky, Venturous), atılgan (adventuresome, aggressive, bold, brash, dare devil, enterprising, fiery, Hardy, venturesome), aldırışsız (careless, devil may care, gaily, heedless, indifferent, insensate, regardless, unconcerned, unmindful, unobliging), çekinmesiz. (various references)

Ukrainian

сміливий (amazonian, audacious, cant, courageous, daring, game, gamy, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, spirited, spunky, venturesome), нерозсудливий (bullheaded, fond, fool, imprudent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, precipitate, unadvised, unreasonable, unwise). (various references)

Vietnamese 

táo bạo (bold, dare-devil, daring, dashing, manful, temerarious), liều lĩnh (dare-devil, hare-brained, harum-scarum, rash, temerarious, venturesome, wildcat), khinh suất (hare-brained, harum-scarum, hasty, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, precipitate, thoughtless, unadvised, unreflecting), không lo lắng (thoughtless, unconcerned, unpreoccupied), không để ý tới; coi thường thiếu thận trọng. (various references)

Welsh

drud (costly, dear, precious), dibris (contemptuous), anystyriol (heedless, rash). (various references)

audace, audaces, audaci, audacia, audacius, audax, dementes, dementia, dementis, incauta, inconsideratus, perdita, perditam, perditi, perditis, perditorum, perditum, perditus, protervi, protervum, protervus. (various references)

recceleas. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "reckless": recklessly, recklessness, recklessnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Reckless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eckels, Eckles, Eckleys, reckle, reckles, reckness, recollapses, rectless, Ricklefs, Rickles, ruckess. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cleeks, clerks, creeks, creels, eskers, lesser, recess, screes, sleeks.

-3 letters: ceres, cleek, clerk, creek, creel, cress, erses, esker, keels, leeks, leers, recks, reeks, reels, scree, seeks, seels, seers, seres, skees, sleek.

-4 letters: cees, cels, cere, cess, eels, ekes, elks, else, eses, keel, leek, leer, lees, leke, leks, less, reck, recs, reek, reel, rees.

+2 letters: recklessly, salesclerk, silkscreen.

+3 letters: salesclerks, silkscreens.

+4 letters: recklessness, spacewalkers.

+5 letters: electroshocks, lickerishness, pricklinesses, shellcrackers.