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Impulsive, reckless, or unlikely to succeed

Amusingly eccentric

Excessively confident

Uninhibited or without restraint

Ridiculous to the point of being funny or comical

Resistant to control or authority

An eccentric or reckless person

A reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things

A playful, funny, and typically extroverted person

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

A traveller or explorer

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

ill-thought-out

playing with fire

not thought through

badly thought out

self-destructive

overventuresome

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

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

all over the shop

all over the place

uncomprehending

thrown together

undiscriminating

asleep at switch

careless of one's duty

paying no heed to

without direction

taking no notice of

without purpose

not paying attention

disadvantageous

procrastinating

asleep at the switch

failing to show proper care and attention

spur of the moment

failing to take proper care

couldn't-care-less

indiscriminating

not recommended

undifferentiating

leaving self wide open

off the deep end

lacking foresight

higgledy-piggledy

catch-as-catch-can

lacking concern

disregardful of

thrown-together

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“They flitted from one madcap scheme to another.”

Adjective

Amusingly eccentric

out in left field

individualistic

out of the ordinary

off the beaten track

non compos mentis

uncharacteristic

unrepresentative

out of the common

incomprehensible

without parallel

in a league of its own

ground-breaking

not tightly wrapped

personalized^US

breaking new ground

beyond the pale

very unconventional

like nothing on earth

personalised^UK

untrammelled^UK

beyond all reason

out of all reason

off the beaten path

few and far between

thin on the ground

inconsequential

head in the clouds

out of touch with reality

tongue-in-cheek

ahead of the times

forward-looking

mistakenly trendy

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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 confident

riding for a fall

full of yourself

heading for a fall

high-and-mighty

high and mighty

self-opinionated

full of oneself

self-centered^US

too big for your boots

self-centred^UK

self-glorifying

self-congratulatory

holier-than-thou

sure of yourself

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

sure of oneself

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

self-applauding

self-aggrandizing

offensively self-assertive

too big for your britches

pleased with yourself

coming on strong

as bold as brass

throwing one's weight about

putting on airs

filled with aplomb

believing in oneself

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Adjective

Uninhibited or without restraint

untrammelled^UK

no holds barred

overextravagant

go-as-you-please

exceeding bounds

lacking self-restraint

without law and order

ill-disciplined

lacking control

attention-seeking

without restrictions

no-holds-barred

spreading like wildfire

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

uncircumscribed

with no holds barred

disproportionate

recrementitious

out of all proportion

beyond the pale

surplus to requirements

pleasure-seeking

self-gratifying

excessively high

without justification

not the done thing

out of proportion

pleasure-loving

costing an arm and a leg

blown up out of all proportion

over one's head

not quite the thing

of considerable size

root-and-branch

extremely large

larger-than-life

taking the cake

against the rules

contrary to the rules

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

through the ceiling

more than enough

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Adjective

Ridiculous to the point of being funny or comical

hysterically funny

killingly funny

too funny for words

screamingly funny

tongue-in-cheek

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

extremely amusing

a barrel of laughs

tongue in cheek

outrageously funny

a laugh a minute

pulling one's leg

in good spirits

in high spirits

laughter-filled

quick on the draw

quick on the uptake

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

in seventh heaven

on top of the world

as pleased as Punch

as happy as a clam

as happy as a sandboy

tickled to death

beside oneself with joy

floating on air

as happy as Larry

jumping for joy

like a dog with two tails

without a care in the world

non-job related

non-work related

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Adjective

Resistant to control or authority

ill-disciplined

insurrectionary

undisciplinable

attention-seeking

obstinately disobedient

insurrectionist

unaccommodating

individualistic

passive-aggressive

full of mischief

stubborn as a mule

unfavourable^UK

like a loose cannon

without law and order

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

causing trouble

lacking self-control

socially impaired

confrontational

difficult to handle

impossible to cope with

set in one's ways

off straight and narrow

not to be borne

ready for a fight

spoiling for a fight

easily provoked

on a short fuse

double-crossing

have chip on shoulder

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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

A playful, funny, and typically extroverted person

barrel of laughs

life of the party

a million laughs

practical joker

clownlike person

straight person

stand-up comedian

writer of comedy

amusing situation

somebody very funny

something very funny

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Noun

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

aggressive woman

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Noun

A traveller or explorer

Noun

A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

flibbertigibbet

grasshopper mind

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