Rampant vs Heedless - What's the difference?
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(originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
* The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
(heraldry) Rearing on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
* Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
* Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
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Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
* There was rampant corruption in the city.
Unaware, without noticing.
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Rampant is a related term of heedless.
As adjectives the difference between rampant and heedless
is that rampant is (originally) rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended while heedless is unaware, without noticing.rampant
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Alternative forms
* rampaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
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Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.