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Impulsive, reckless, or unlikely to succeed

Funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way

Excessively or arrogantly confident

Uninhibited or without restraint

Resistant to control or authority

An eccentric or reckless person

A reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things

One who enjoys, or engages in, bold or risky adventures

A comic who amuses with jests and pranks

A bad-tempered or aggressively assertive person, typically a woman

One who enjoys, or engages in, bold or risky adventures

A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

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Adjective

Impulsive, reckless, or unlikely to succeed

hell-for-leather

over-adventurous

jumping to conclusions

over-venturesome

spur-of-the-moment

playing with fire

ill-thought-out

overventuresome

self-destructive

bull-in-a-china-shop

asleep at the wheel

sticking one's neck out

leading with one's chin

asleep on the job

jumping the gun

badly thought out

not thought through

improvisational

out of the blue

not bargained for

feather-brained

without warning

not in the cards

spur of the moment

off the top of your head

going off deep end

catch-as-catch-can

autoschediastic

careless of one's duty

asleep at the switch

leaving self wide open

off the deep end

cobbled together

thrown together

unselfconscious

seat-of-the-pants

not fully developed

extemporized^US

extemporised^UK

footloose and fancy-free

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“They flitted from one madcap scheme to another.”

Adjective

Funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way

out in left field

individualistic

out of the ordinary

off the beaten track

hysterically funny

uncharacteristic

non compos mentis

unrepresentative

mad as a hatter

nutty as a fruitcake

away with the fairies

as daft as a brush

round the twist

mad as a March hare

of unsound mind

stark raving mad

not the full shilling

sick in the head

foaming at the mouth

not right in the head

stark staring mad

out of one's mind

have bats in the belfry

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

out of the common

off one's gourd

off your trolley

around the bend

off your rocker

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have a screw loose

with a screw loose

incomprehensible

without parallel

in a league of its own

out of one's head

ground-breaking

touched in the head

crazy as a loon

personalized^US

not tightly wrapped

breaking new ground

out of all reason

beyond all reason

very unconventional

like nothing on earth

not in your right mind

personalised^UK

daft as a brush

untrammelled^UK

soft in the head

psychopathological

off the beaten path

few and far between

a few cards shy of a full deck

deprived of one's wits

one card shy of a full deck

manic-depressive

severely mentally ill

one sandwich short of a picnic

out of one's tree

in another world

mentally deranged

out of one's gourd

off the deep end

having kangaroos in the top paddock

as mad as a March hare

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

not of sound mind

having a screw loose

as mad as a hatter

thin on the ground

inconsequential

head in the clouds

out of touch with reality

ill-thought-out

ahead of the times

forward-looking

mistakenly trendy

beyond the pale

tongue-in-cheek

mentally unbalanced

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“The result is a madcap and bittersweet tale that is funny and observant enough to allow one to overlook writing that occasionally suffers from stereotypical Spanish machismo.”

Adjective

Excessively or arrogantly confident

full of yourself

heading for a fall

high and mighty

full of oneself

throwing one's weight around

high-and-mighty

self-opinionated

offensively self-assertive

as bold as brass

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Adjective

Uninhibited or without restraint

untrammelled^UK

no holds barred

attention-seeking

go-as-you-please

exceeding bounds

lacking self-restraint

lacking control

without restrictions

no-holds-barred

spreading like wildfire

uncircumscribed

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

with no holds barred

disproportionate

recrementitious

overextravagant

out of all proportion

surplus to requirements

excessively high

beyond the pale

blown up out of all proportion

over one's head

of considerable size

root-and-branch

extremely large

larger-than-life

taking the cake

out of proportion

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

through the ceiling

more than enough

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Adjective

Resistant to control or authority

ill-disciplined

insurrectionary

undisciplinable

attention-seeking

obstinately disobedient

insurrectionist

unaccommodating

set in one's ways

individualistic

passive-aggressive

difficult to handle

full of mischief

without law and order

lacking self-control

like a loose cannon

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

causing trouble

stubborn as a mule

socially impaired

confrontational

self-opinionated

impossible to cope with

off straight and narrow

dyed-in-the-wool

as stubborn as a mule

set in your ways

standing one's ground

ready for a fight

spoiling for a fight

not giving an inch

as cross as two sticks

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

full of ups and downs

full of conflict

full of confusion

full of upheavals

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Noun

An eccentric or reckless person

deranged person

psychiatric patient

square peg in a round hole

unorthodox person

eccentric person

fish out of water

round peg in a square hole

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“Her friends have always known her as a madcap but her latest fund raising exploits have left them astounded.”

Noun

A reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things

Noun

One who enjoys, or engages in, bold or risky adventures

Noun

A comic who amuses with jests and pranks

life of the party

a million laughs

barrel of laughs

clownlike person

practical joker

straight person

wearer of the motley

comic entertainer

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Noun

A bad-tempered or aggressively assertive person, typically a woman

aggressive woman

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Noun

One who enjoys, or engages in, bold or risky adventures

Noun

A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

flibbertigibbet

grasshopper mind

forgetful person

absent-minded person

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