RASH
Dictionary entry overview: What does rash mean?
• RASH (noun)
The noun RASH has 2 senses:
1. any red eruption of the skin
2. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
Familiarity information: RASH used as a noun is rare.
• RASH (adjective)
The adjective RASH has 2 senses:
1. imprudently incurring risk
2. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Familiarity information: RASH used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RASH (noun)
Meaning:
Any red eruption of the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
skin rash; roseola; rash; efflorescence
Hypernyms ("rash" is a kind of...):
eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rash"):
heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat (obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity)
hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)
Meaning:
A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
blizzard; rash
Context examples:
a rash of bank robberies / a blizzard of lawsuits
Hypernyms ("rash" is a kind of...):
series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)
• RASH (adjective)
Meaning:
Imprudently incurring risk
Context example:
do something rash that he will forever repent
Similar:
imprudent (not prudent or wise)
Meaning:
Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
Synonyms:
foolhardy; reckless; rash; heady
Context examples:
foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker / became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans / a reckless driver / a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
Similar:
bold (fearless and daring)
