rash
- adjective
- /ræʃ/
- Promise you won't hurt yourself, or do something rash or foolish.
Now this does not mean you need to be rash about it.
- Now this does not mean you need to be rash about it.
- Getting back to people who aren't helping Donald Trump, he is trying really hard to justify his rash and dangerous action.
- Their leader was Woody's grandmother, the Grand Empress Darwager Doe, an obstinate old woman who believed her grandson's rash policies would bring about their doom.
- The second one, he's avoided what it could have been, a lot of rash actions, impetuous actions in the Middle East.
- I think that was rash on my part, but I'm certain that's not cheese.
- Whistles loud the rash martial tune some scribe handles himself.
Examples
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I was making very rash, very impulsive decisions.
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While teens are often unfairly stereotyped as rash or impulsive, research reveals a more complex story.
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- Maybe I was too rash.
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Sir, Mr. President, I know this seems terrible... ...but let's not be too rash.
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Time will reveal them as rash and you as wise.
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My actions may appear somewhat rash or foolish, but I did what I believed was right.
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To assume they are avoidable would be rash and misleading.
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She's much too rash and impulsive to be your teacher.
Fiction book (1994) -
STACY: There are moments in life where you hope your decisions weren't rash.
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Making a decision without thinking it through can be very rash and lead to regret later.
Synonyms
Not thinking about what will happen after you act
Acting without care about danger or the results
Acting suddenly without careful thought because of a strong feeling
Taking dangerous risks without thinking about what will happen
To act quickly without thinking about the results
A lack of attention that causes mistakes or harm
Not caring about danger or the bad results of actions
Not caring about danger or bad results
Not careful about possible danger or harm
Very bold in a way that ignores danger
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
Small scratches and dents on an airplane caused by careless handling in a hangar
- Specialized
Itchy skin reaction that makes raised pale spots with red edges after contact with certain plants or other allergens
How Reckless
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective rash originally meant 'hasty' or 'quick'. So a rash decision is one made too fast without thinking. A helpful way to remember it is to think of acting in a 'rush'.