rashness

rash ¹  (rsh)

adj. rash·er, rash·est

1. Characterized by or resulting from ill-considered haste or boldness. See Synonyms at reckless.

2. Archaic Quick in producing a strong or marked effect.

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[Middle English rasch, active, unrestrained, perhaps from Old English -raesc (in lgræsc, lightning) or from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German rasch, fast.]

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rashly adv.

rashness n.

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rash ²  (rsh)

n.

1. A skin eruption.

2. An outbreak of many instances within a brief period: a rash of burglaries.

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[Possibly from obsolete French rache, a sore, from Old French rasche, scurf, from raschier, to scrape, scratch, from Vulgar Latin *rsicre, from Latin rsus, past participle of rdere; see rd- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rashness - the trait of acting rashly and without prudence heedlessness, mindlessness imprudence - a lack of caution in practical affairs lightheadedness - a frivolous lack of prudence
	2.	rashness - the trait of giving little thought to danger foolhardiness, recklessness unthoughtfulness, thoughtlessness - the trait of not thinking carefully before acting adventurism - recklessness in politics or foreign affairs brashness - the trait of being rash and hasty desperation - desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"

Translations

rashness [ˈræʃnɪs] N [of actions] → temeridad f, precipitación f; [of person] → temeridad f, imprudencia f

rashness [ˈræʃnɪs] n → imprudence f

rashness

n (of person) → Unbesonnenheit f; (of action) → Voreiligkeit f, → Überstürztheit f; (of promise, decision) → Voreiligkeit f

rashness [ˈræʃnɪs] n → avventatezza