Rashness
['ræʃnis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being rash.
Editor: Nicolas
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Recklessness (in action), precipitancy, precipitation, hastiness, venturesomeness, TEMERITY, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, foolhardiness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hastiness, precipitancy, recklessness, venturesomeness, temerity,precipitation, indiscretion
ANT:Slowness, carefulness, cautiousness, discretion
Typist: Sophie
Examples
- If any Bedouins had approached us, then, from that point of the compass, they would have paid dearly for their rashness. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And thus the ill-starred girl died a victim to my senseless rashness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It will have been noted by the reader that there was nothing to indicate rashness in starting up the station, as only one dynamo was put in operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No one can accuse him of rashness, alleged Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Is it not the extreme of rashness to thus put ourselves again, unarmed, in the power of the First Born? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intentions as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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