Definition of 'brash'
Word forms: comparative brasher
, superlative brashest
adjective
If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
[disapproval]
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brashly (ˈbrashly) adverb
brashness (ˈbrashness)
noun
Word origin
C19: perhaps influenced by rash1Word Frequency
brash in British English 3
noun
pathology another name for heartburn
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Word origin
C16: perhaps of imitative origin
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brash in American English 1
adjective
3.
offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc.
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Derived forms
brashly (ˈbrashly)
adverb
brashness (ˈbrashness)
noun
Word origin
orig. Brit dial.; < ?
Word Frequency
brash in American English
(bræʃ) (adjective -er, -est)
adjective Also: brashy
SYNONYMS 2. reckless, overhasty, imprudent, foolhardy, precipitate.ANTONYMS 2. cautious, wary, prudent, careful.2.
hasty; rash; impetuous
4. (used esp of wood)
brittle
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Derived forms
brashly adverb
brashness
noun
Word origin
[1400–50; (n.) late ME brass(c)he a slap, crash, perh. b. brok(e) (OE broc breach, fragment, sickness; akin to break) and dasch smashing blow; see dash1; (adj.) in sense “brittle,” deriv. of n.; in sense “hasty” by confusion with rash1]Examples of 'brash' in a sentence
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ADJECTIVE /bræʃ/
If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
On stage she seems hard, brash, and uncompromising.
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