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Rash

noun

Any red eruption of the skin. Synonyms: efflorescence, roseola, skin rash.

A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences. Synonym: blizzard. "A blizzard of lawsuits"

adjective

(compar. rasher; superl. rashest)

Imprudently incurring risk.

Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences. Synonyms: foolhardy, heady, reckless. "Became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans" , "A reckless driver" , "A rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

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"Rash" Quotes from Famous Books

... last moments we incline rather to praise Nikias than to blame Crassus. Nikias, a skilful and experienced commander, did not share the rash hopes of his countrymen, but never thought that Sicily could be conquered, and dissuaded them from making the attempt. Crassus, on the other hand, urged the Romans to undertake the war with Parthia, ...

— Plutarch's Lives Volume III. • Plutarch

... not right," said Ben, "it is not right. Why did they give the old man so much grace? Witness and evidence are what they lack. Would you trust Stukeley—not to draw him out? Raleigh was always rash. A phrase or two Will turn their murderous axe into a sword ...

— Collected Poems - Volume Two (of 2) • Alfred Noyes

... well appear rash, seeing how imperfect I was, and am, even now, after so many years of religious life; yet I still feel the same daring confidence that one day I shall become a great Saint. I am not trusting in my own merits, for I have none; but I trust in Him Who ...

— The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux • Therese Martin (of Lisieux)

... has written a universal history, in which he attempts the philosophical style. Though vivid in his narratives, descriptions, and details, he is often incorrect in Ms statements, and rash in his judgments; his work, though professing liberal views, is essentially conservative in its tendency. The same faults may be discovered in his more ...

— Handbook of Universal Literature - From The Best and Latest Authorities • Anne C. Lynch Botta

... a sort of skin affection; a "rash," which is said to be caused by eating so much meat, especially fats, without taking sufficient exercise. A few sulphur baths at specially prepared places behind the lines soon ...

— The Emma Gees • Herbert Wes McBride

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