Antonyms for rash
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : rash |
| Phonetic Transcription : ræʃ |
Definition of rash
Origin :- late 14c., "nimble, quick, vigorous" (early 14c. as a surname), a Scottish and northern word, perhaps from Old English -ræsc (cf. ligræsc "flash of lightning") or one of its Germanic cognates, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz (cf. Middle Low German rasch, Middle Dutch rasc "quick, swift," German rasch "quick, fast"). Related to Old English horsc "quick-witted." Sense of "reckless, impetuous, heedless of consequences" is attested from c.1500. Related: Rashly; rashness.
- adj careless, impulsive
- noun outbreak of disease or condition
- It will not be sufficient that the rash counsels of human passion are rejected.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- My brother is hot and fiery; Mr Chatterton is rash and headstrong.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- He was seeking his opportunity to punish him for the rash utterance.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- The retainers of the Khan of Khar implored them not to be so rash.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- It was absurd—it was rash—it was want of proper confidence in his wife; thus we said.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- "The world is indeed often too curious, and too rash in these affairs," said Lady Anne.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- My doom is fixed—fixed by my own folly—my own rash, headstrong folly.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- She censures Mr. Lovelace for his rash threatenings to rescue her.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- In short, I have done, as far as I know, the most rash thing that ever I did in my life.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- If the world is unjust or rash, in one man's case, why may it not be so in another's?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Synonyms for rash
- adventurous
- audacious
- bold
- brash
- breakout
- daring
- determined
- devil-may-care
- epidemic
- eruption
- fiery
- flood
- foolhardy
- frenzied
- furious
- harebrained
- hasty
- headlong
- headstrong
- heedless
- hives
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- immature
- impetuous
- imprudent
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- insuppressible
- irrational
- jumping to conclusions
- madcap
- overhasty
- pandemic
- passionate
- plague
- precipitant
- precipitate
- premature
- reckless
- series
- spate
- succession
- thoughtless
- unguarded
- unthinking
- unwary
- venturesome
- venturous
- wave
- wild
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