rash
1. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences - a rash of bank robberies - a blizzard of lawsuits • Syn: blizzard • Hypernyms: series 2. any red eruption of the skin • Syn: roseola, efflorescence, skin rash • Hypernyms: eruption • Hyponyms: prickly heat, heat rash, miliaria, urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash
1. imprudently incurring risk - "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith • Similar to: imprudent • Derivationally related forms: rashness 2. 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, reckless • Similar to: bold • Derivationally related forms: recklessness (for: reckless), rashness, head (for: heady), foolhardiness (for: foolhardy)
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