for the hell of it
informalDefinition
› If you do something for the hell of it, you do it without having any particular purpose or wish, but usually for enjoyment: I didn't know what I wanted to do, so I drove my van round Europe, just for the hell of it.Useless and futile
(Definition of for the hell of it from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- futile adjective
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- outlive your usefulness idiom
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
- vainly adverb
Topic:
Useless and futile
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