Usually means: Reckless, impulsive, and carelessly energetic.
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  1. harum-scarum: Merriam-Webster
  2. harum-scarum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. harum-scarum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. harum-scarum, harum-scarum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. harum-scarum: Vocabulary.com
  6. harum-scarum: Wordnik
  7. harum-scarum: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. harum-scarum: Wiktionary
  9. harum-scarum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. harum-scarum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. harum-scarum: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Harum-scarum, harum-scarum: Dictionary.com
  13. harum-scarum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Harum-scarum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. harum-scarum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. harum-scarum: Rhymezone
  17. Harum-scarum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. HARUM-SCARUM: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  19. harum-scarum: FreeDictionary.org
  20. harum-scarum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. harum-scarum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. harum-scarum: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  wild, careless, irresponsible
▸ adverb:  wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly
▸ noun:  A giddy, rash person.

Similar:
madcap, devil-may-care, hothead, happy-go-lucky, daredevil, pell-mell, lunatic, carefree, irresponsible, freewheeling, more...

Opposite:
cautious, careful, prudent, sensible

Types:
reckless, impulsive, daring, adventurous, wild, rash, heedless, foolhardy, impetuous, more...
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Similar:
madcap, devil-may-care, hothead, happy-go-lucky, daredevil, pell-mell, lunatic, carefree, irresponsible, freewheeling, more...

Opposite:
cautious, careful, prudent, sensible

Types:
reckless, impulsive, daring, adventurous, wild, rash, heedless, foolhardy, impetuous, more...



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