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Gadarene

Gadarene

9.9
A person who acts very fast and without care, often risking disaster
  • noun
  • /ˈɡædəˌrin/
  • Literature
translation icon : desenfrenado
  • The Gadarene nature of the decision shocked everyone, as he plowed ahead without considering the risks.
  • Gadarene swine

Examples

  • Is the University of Western Sydney going to become part of the Gadarene swine?

    Blog text (14)

  • You wait - you loyal, lying grandsons of Gadarene swine!

    Beau Geste (1926)

  • Like Legion, who inhabited the Gadarene demoniac, they would refuse.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The Gadarene Swine, the Simon Magus, the apocrypha.

    Countdown (2019)

  • In a Gadarene rush, the crowd fled the scene of the disaster without thinking of their safety.

  • She acted like a Gadarene, diving into the project without any preparation or planning.

Synonyms

lunatic
vsGadarene
  • Offensive
51 6.2

A person who acts in a wild or reckless way

is specifically headlong and frenzied, often driving into danger or disaster
rusher
vsGadarene
1 6.6

A person who does things quickly without thinking

is more frenzied and headlong, often driving straight into danger
hurrier
vsGadarene
8.2

A person who does things quickly, often without being careful

is more frenzied and headlong, prone to dash into danger
go-devil
vsGadarene
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who likes adventure and often takes big risks

is more impulsive and frenzied, driving into danger without seeking excitement
stampeder
vsGadarene
8.6

A person or animal that runs forward quickly with others in a panic

is an individual headlong actor who leaps into danger alone rather than in crowds
adventurist
vsGadarene
  • Literature
7.6

Acting in risky ways to get quick advantage, often in politics or war

is more headlong and frenzied, acting without strategic aims or advantage

Antonyms

careful
∞ 1.0

Watching what you do to avoid mistakes or harm

sensible
201 2.7

Showing good judgment and making practical choices

How Reckless

Gadarene
  • Literature
9.9
daredevil
26 6.1
risk taker
16 3.2

Surface Forms

Gadarene singular
Gadarenes plural

Morphology

Gadarene = Gadara (opaque) = Gadara + ene

The nominal sense 'a person acting in a headlong or frenzied manner' is a figurative extension from cultural/biblical usage and is not inferable from the place-name base.

Etymology

Gadarene as a noun comes from the same Bible story of the pigs at Gadara and means a person who rushes into danger without thinking. So a Gadarene is someone who acts in a wild, reckless way.