rash

English

Etymology

From Middle English rash, rasch (“hasty, headstrong”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ræʃ/

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• Rhymes: -æʃ

Adjective

rash (comparative rasher, superlative rashest)

1. acting too quickly without considering the negative effects and consequences; not careful; hasty.

Synonyms

• brash
• heady
• hotheaded
• impulsive
• inconsiderate
• precipitate

Derived terms

• rashness

Translations

hasty

• Czech: zbrklý (cs) m
• Dutch: onbezonnen (nl)
• Finnish: hätäinen (fi), varomaton (fi), ajattelematon (fi)
• French: impulsif (fr), hâtif (fr)
• German: voreilig, vorschnell (de)
• Ido: impulsiva
• Italian: imprudente (it), impulsivo (it), precipitoso (it) m, frettoloso (it) m, affrettato (it) m
• Jèrriais: hardi

• Maori: matauaua (mi)
• Portuguese: imprudente (pt), precipitado (pt)
• Russian: поспешный (ru) (pospéšnyj), опрометчивый (ru) (oprométčivyj)
• Slovak: nepozorný (sk)
• Spanish: precipitado (es), inconsiderado (es), adelantado (es), arrojado (es), inconsiderado (es), impulsivo (es)
• Swedish: förhastad (sv)

Noun

Wikipedia rash (plural rashes)

1. (medicine) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
2. A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend

   There has been a rash of vandalism lately.

Synonyms

(A surge in problems): epidemic

Translations

of skin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮疹 (cmn) (pízhěn), 疹 (cmn) (zhěn)

• Czech: vyrážka (cs) f
• Dutch: huiduitslag (nl), uitslag (nl)
• Finnish: ihottuma (fi), ekseema (fi)
• French: irritation (fr) f (de la peau), éruption (fr) f, éruption cutanée (fr) f
• German: Hautausschlag (de) m
• Ido: iritifo
• Japanese: 皮疹 (ja) (ひしん, hishin), 発疹 (ja) (はっしん, hasshin), ほっしん (ja) (hosshin)

• Jèrriais: feu m
• Luhya: ohuseruha
• Maori: tūtutupo (mi)
• Navajo: naʼakǫs
• Norwegian: utslett (no) n
• Polish: wysypka (pl) f
• Russian: сыпь (ru) (sypʹ) f
• Spanish: eflorescencia (es) f
• Swahili: upele (sw)
• Swedish: utslag (sv) n
• Urdu: خارش

surge in problems

• Finnish: aalto (fi), suma (fi)
• French: épidémie (fr) f
• Polish: lawina (pl) f
• Portuguese: surto (pt) m

• Russian: вспышка (ru) (vspýška) f
• Spanish: erupción (es) f
• Swedish: våg (sv) c, utbrott (sv) n

Derived terms

diaper rash nappy rash rashguard

rashie rash vest reef rash

See also

• prudent
• reckless

Verb

rash (third-person singular simple present rashes, present participle rashing, simple past and past participle rashed)

1. (obsolete) To prepare with haste.

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External links

• rash in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• rash in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• rahs

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