headlong

headlong
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. hasty, hurried; rash, precipitate; heedless, reckless.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. reckless, precipitate, impetuous; see rash .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
reckless, dangerous, incautious, rash, foolhardy, breakneck, impetuous, uncontrolled, at full tilt, ungoverned.
ANT.: cautious, careful, prudent
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste: brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash1, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered. See CAREFUL.

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