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rash

adjective noun

marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
R
Ends with
H
Contains
AS
Scrabble score
7
CEFR level
B2

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adjective

  1. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

    “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”

adjective

  1. imprudently incurring risk

    “{'source': 'George Meredith', 'text': 'do something rash that he will forever repent'}”

noun

  1. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

    “a rash of bank robberies”

noun

  1. any red eruption of the skin

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Example Sentences

foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
{'source': 'Macaulay', 'text': 'became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans'}
a reckless driver
a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
{'source': 'George Meredith', 'text': 'do something rash that he will forever repent'}
a rash of bank robberies
a blizzard of lawsuits

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