RASH

foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless

(adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”; “became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”-Macaulay; “a reckless driver”; “a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”

rash

(adjective) imprudently incurring risk; “do something rash that he will forever repent”- George Meredith

rash, blizzard

(noun) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; “a rash of bank robberies”; “a blizzard of lawsuits”

rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash

(noun) any red eruption of the skin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

rash (comparative rasher, superlative rashest)

Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

(obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

(obsolete) Fast-acting.

Synonyms

• brash

• heady

• hotheaded

• impulsive

• inconsiderate

• precipitate

Etymology 2

Noun

rash (plural rashes)

(symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.

A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend.

Synonyms

• (a surge in problems): epidemic

Verb

rash (third-person singular simple present rashes, present participle rashing, simple past and past participle rashed)

(obsolete) To prepare with haste.

Etymology 3

Noun

rash (uncountable)

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

Etymology 4

Verb

rash (third-person singular simple present rashes, present participle rashing, simple past and past participle rashed)

(obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently.

(obsolete) To slash; to hack; to slice.

Anagrams

• AHRS, SHRA, Sahr, hars, rahs

Proper noun

Rash

A surname.

Anagrams

• AHRS, SHRA, Sahr, hars, rahs

Source: Wiktionary

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Rash, v. t. Etym: [For arace]

1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.]

2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.] Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder. Spenser.

Rash, n. Etym: [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.)

Definition: A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.

– Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

– Rose rash. See Roseola.

– Tooth rash. See Red-gum.

Rash, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).]

Definition: An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. [Obs.] Donne.

Rash, a. [Compar. Rasher; superl. Rashest.] Etym: [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. röskr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.]

1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] "Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder." Shak.

2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash. Shak.

3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.]

Syn.

– Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary.

– Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the consequences. Was never known a more adventurous knight. Dryden. Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. Milton. If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honors got by such a maim. Hudibras.

Rash, v. t.

Definition: To prepare with haste. [Obs.] Foxe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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