rashness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈræʃnəs/ UK /ˈræʃnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of acting hastily without considering consequences

Her rashness in battle nearly cost the company its retreat.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of acting... recklessness impetuosity hastiness impulsiveness temerity foolhardiness

Opposites

caution prudence circumspection

Word family

Related forms rash rashly

Etymology

From rash + -ness; rash is from Middle English rasch ('quick, hasty'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German rasc.

rasch Middle English

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# rashness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈræʃnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈræʃnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality of acting hastily without considering consequences

## Examples
- Her rashness in battle nearly cost the company its retreat.

## Synonyms
- recklessness
- impetuosity
- hastiness
- impulsiveness
- temerity
- foolhardiness

## Antonyms
- caution
- prudence
- circumspection

## Related Forms
- rash
- rashly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rasch

## Etymology
From rash + -ness; rash is from Middle English rasch ('quick, hasty'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German rasc.

## AI Etymology
Rashness comes from rash + -ness; rash is from Middle English rasch ('quick, hasty'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German rasc. The historical chain includes Middle English rasch. Older glosses in the chain include "quick, hasty", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, rashness is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the quality of acting hastily without considering consequences". related forms include rash and rashly. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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