“rash”

Definitions

• adjective

  imprudently incurring risk

  Synonyms: abrupt, abscess, adventuresome, adventurous, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia

  • Example:“do something rash that he will forever repent”

• adjective

  marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

  Synonyms: foolhardy, heady, reckless

  • Example:“foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”
  • Example:“… became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”

• noun

  any red eruption of the skin

  Synonyms: roseola, efflorescence, skin rash

• noun

  a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

  Synonyms: blizzard

  • Example:“a rash of bank robberies”
  • Example:“a blizzard of lawsuits”