verwegen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- foolhardy adj Recklessly bold, taking risks without any regard for danger.
- keen adj Eager and enthusiastic about something.
- questionable adj Open to doubt; not clearly true, sound, or reliable.
- raffish adj Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
- reckless adj Acting without thinking about danger or consequences; carelessly rash.
Senses
verwegen is used for these senses in English:
- foolhardy Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
- keen (chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- questionable Of dubious respectability or morality.
- raffish Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
- rakish Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
- reckless Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.
keen — full definition
- adj Eager and enthusiastic about something.
- adj Sharp, whether literally (an edge or point) or mentally (a sharp mind or sharp senses).
- adj Of cold, wind, or pain: cutting and intense.
- verb To wail or cry out in mourning for the dead.