Englishrash2
adjective
he cursed himself for being so rash |
a rash decision:
reckless, impetuous, impulsive, hasty, overhasty, foolhardy, incautious, precipitate, precipitous, premature, careless, heedless, thoughtless, imprudent, foolish, headstrong, adventurous, overadventurous, hotheaded, daredevil, devil-may-care, overbold, audacious, indiscreet;
ill-considered, unconsidered, unthinking, ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged, misguided, spur-of-the-moment, unthought-out, harebrained, unwary, unguarded, wild, madcap;
informal harum-scarum;
rare temerarious.
▷antonyms careful, cautious, prudent.
| choose the right word | rash, reckless, foolhardy |
All these adjectives are used to criticize actions or people for a lack of proper caution. ■ Rash suggests an overhasty judgment that one might regret (now isn't the time for us to make rash statements | he would be rash to expect everyone to obey him all the time). ■ Reckless typically describes something more serious: a reckless act is that of a person who simply does not care what damage they cause to themselves or others (reckless consumption of the earth's resources | he could be convicted of causing death by reckless driving). ■ Foolhardy, as the word suggests, refers to foolish daring, and a foolhardy act is most likely to harm the foolhardy person themselves (old mines were not to be left open as an invitation to any foolhardy visitor). | |