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Meaning of 'rash' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rash [ n.]
- A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
- An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
2 . Rash [ superl.]
- Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
- Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
- 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.
- Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
- So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
3 . Rash [ v. t.]
- To pull off or pluck violently.
- To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
- To prepare with haste.

Meaning of 'rash' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rash [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
Example in sentence:
  • a blizzard of lawsuits;
  • a rash of bank robberies
2 . rash [ s]
Meaning (2):
- marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Example in sentence:
  • a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest;
  • a reckless driver;
  • became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans;
  • foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
Meaning (3):
- imprudently incurring risk
Example in sentence:
  • do something rash that he will forever repent

Nearby Words:

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