Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harebrained

/hˈɛɹbɹˌeɪnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: hare-brained
IPA: /hˈɛɹbɹˌeɪnd/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Absurd, foolish or stupid.

adj

Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.

Example Sentences

"“Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did."
"Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle"

Etymology

From hare + brained.

Inflected Forms

more harebrained (comparative) most harebrained (superlative) harebrain (alternative) hare-brained (alternative) hairbrained (alternative)

Synonyms

addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded

Questions

How do you pronounce harebrained?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɛɹbɹˌeɪnd/.
What does harebrained mean?: Absurd, foolish or stupid.
Where does harebrained come from?: From hare + brained.

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