harebrained

harebrained
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. giddy, capricious, scatterbrained. See folly, ignorance.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. foolish, flighty, irresponsible; see changeable 1 , 2 , stupid 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
stupid, reckless, rash, foolish, idiotic, imbecilic, silly, half-witted, brainless, scatterbrained.
ANT.: smart, *brainy, sensible
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, foolish, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany. Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy. Slang: balmy2, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky. See ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE. 2. Given to lighthearted silliness: empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, giddy, lighthearted, scatterbrained, silly. Informal: gaga. Slang: birdbrained, dizzy. See ABILITY.

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  • Harebrained — Hare brained (h[^a]r br[=a]nd ), a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. A mad hare brained fellow. North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • harebrained — index impolitic, precipitate, thoughtless, unpolitic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • harebrained — [adj] stupid, unthinking absurd, asinine, barmy, bizarre, careless, changeable, crazy, dizzy*, empty headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, half baked*, heedless, inane, irresponsible, loony*, mindless, preposterous, rash,… …   New thesaurus

  • harebrained — [her′brānd΄] adj. having or showing little sense; reckless, flighty, giddy, rash, etc …   English World dictionary

  • harebrained — {adj.} Thoughtless; foolish. * /Most of the harebrained things Ed does may be attributable to his youth and lack of experience./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • harebrained — {adj.} Thoughtless; foolish. * /Most of the harebrained things Ed does may be attributable to his youth and lack of experience./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • harebrained — hare|brained [ her,breınd ] adjective silly or very unlikely to succeed: I ve had enough of your harebrained ideas! …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • harebrained — adj thoughtless; foolish. Most of the harebrained things Ed does may be attributable to his youth and lack of experience …   Словарь американских идиом

  • harebrained — adjective a harebrained person, plan etc is very silly and unlikely to succeed: wasting public money on hairbrained schemes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • harebrained — adjective very foolish harebrained ideas took insane risks behind the wheel a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains • Syn: ↑insane, ↑mad • Similar to: ↑foolish …   Useful english dictionary

  • harebrained — adjective Date: 1534 1. foolish 1 2. absurd, ridiculous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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