'Rash' definitions:

Definition of 'rash'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith
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" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless]
noun
Any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash]
noun
A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" [syn: rash, blizzard]

Definition of 'Rash'

From: GCIDE
  • Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rasche 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.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. [1913 Webster]
  • Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Nettle rash. See Urticaria.
  • Rose rash. See Roseola.
  • Tooth rash. See Red-gum. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rash'

From: GCIDE
  • Rash \Rash\, n. [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).] An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. [Obs.] --Donne. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rash'

From: GCIDE
  • Rash \Rash\ (r[a^]sh), v. t. [For arace.]
  • 1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rash'

From: GCIDE
  • Rash \Rash\, a. [Compar. Rasher (-[~e]r); superl. Rashest.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. r["o]skr 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary.
  • Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Was never known a more adventurous knight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • If any yet be so foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honor's got by such a maim. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rash'

From: GCIDE
  • Rash \Rash\ (r[a^]sh), v. t. To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'rash'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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