different between excessive vs reckless
excessive
English
Etymology
From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?s?s?v/
- Rhymes: -?s?v
Adjective
excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excessive
Antonyms
- insufficient
- deficient
Derived terms
- excessive number
Related terms
- exceed
- excess
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.s?.siv/
Adjective
excessive
- feminine singular of excessif
Interlingua
Adjective
excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)
- excessive
Related terms
- excesso
Latin
Adjective
excess?ve
- vocative masculine singular of excess?vus
excessive From the web:
- what excessive mean
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reckless
English
Alternative forms
- rechless, retchless (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English r?cel?as (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???kl?s/
Adjective
reckless (comparative recklesser or more reckless, superlative recklessest or most reckless)
- Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
- Indifferent to danger or the consequences.
Antonyms
- reckful
Derived terms
- recklessness
Translations
Anagrams
- clerkess
reckless From the web:
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- what reckless driving
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- what's reckless driving in virginia
- what's reckless endangerment
- what reckless trading means
- what's reckless driving in north carolina
- what's reckless driving in indiana
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