Rash

/ɹæʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
2. (Northern England, archaic) Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.
3. Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.
4. Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.
5. (archaic) Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”).
6. (dermatology, medicine) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
7. An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
8. An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.

Example Sentences

rash words spoken in the heat of debate

[…] Eusebius doth report that Ireneus dyd reprooue Victor byshop of Rome for his rash sentēce in excōmunicating the Churches of Grece, concerning the obseruation of the feast of Easter.

For ſitting in his [Marcus Junius Brutus's] tent, penſive and troubled vvith the horrour of his raſh act, it vvas not hard for him, ſlumbering in the cold, to dream of that vvhich moſt affrighted him; […]

[T]hrough the raſh adventure and fool-hardineſs of ſome fevv, an overture only made, and ſome advantage got of performing a great piece of ſervice and vvorthy exploit.

I vvas a fool, too raſh, and quite miſtaken / In vvhat I thought vvould have ſucceeded beſt.

He will tell you in how few moments ſhe repented of the raſh meſſage ſhe had ſent you— […]

So ſhould an ideot vvhile at large he ſtrays, / Find the ſvveet lyre on vvhich an artiſt plays, / VVith raſh and aukvvard force the chords he ſhakes, / And grins vvith vvonder at the jar he makes; […]

Take then no vow at random: ta'en, with faith / Preserve it; yet not bent, as Jephthah once, / Blindly to execute a rash resolve, / Whom better it had suited to exclaim, / 'I have done ill,' than to redeem his pledge / By doing worse: […]

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Word Forms

• rasher
• rashest
• more rash
• most rash
• rashes
• rashing
• rashed

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