brash

brash ¹

 (brăsh)

adj. brash·er, brash·est

1. Presumptuously forward; impudent: "She couldn't imagine anyone being happy with this loud, brash, opinionated businessman" (Anne Bartlett). See Synonyms at shameless.

2. Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences: "his brash, ill-considered attacks on members of his own party" (Susan Dunn).

3. Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious: brash plaids.

4. Brittle: brash timbers.

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[Possibly imitative (influenced by rash) or from brash, attack.]

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brash′ly adv.

brash′ness n.

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brash ²

 (brăsh)

n.

A mass or pile of rubble, refuse, or fragments, as of stone, brush, or ice.

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[Perhaps an alteration of French brèche, breach in a wall, from Italian breccia; see breccia.]

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brash

(bræʃ)

adj

1. tastelessly or offensively loud, showy, or bold

2. hasty; rash

3. impudent

[C19: perhaps influenced by rash¹]

ˈbrashly adv

ˈbrashness n

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brash

(bræʃ)

n

loose rubbish, such as broken rock, hedge clippings, etc; debris

[C18: of unknown origin]

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brash

(bræʃ)

n

(Pathology) pathol another name for heartburn

[C16: perhaps of imitative origin]

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brash

(bræʃ)

adj. -er, -est,
n. adj.

1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.

2. hasty; rash; impetuous.

3. energetic or spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical.

4. (esp. of wood) brittle.

n.

5. a mass of loose fragments, as of ice.

[1400–50; late Middle English brass(c)he a slap, crash]

brash′ly, adv.

brash′ness, n.

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brash

- A euphemism for vomit.

See also related terms for vomit.

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Brash

 a mass of fragments or debris; a sudden outburst of rain.

Examples: brash of bitter waters, 1856; of hedge clippings; of ice, 1837; of rain, 1849; of twigs; of stone; of wooing, 1724.

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brash

A mass of rubble or stone fragments.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

brash - offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" cheeky, nervy forward - used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"

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brash

adjective bold, forward, rude, arrogant, cocky, pushy (informal), brazen, presumptuous, impertinent, insolent, impudent, bumptious, cocksure, overconfident, hubristic, full of yourself On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising.
reserved, careful, cautious, uncertain, polite, thoughtful, prudent, timid, respectful

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brash

adjective

1. Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste:

foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered.

2. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others:

clumsy, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful.

3. Rude and disrespectful:

assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.

Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.

Slang: wise.

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Translations

وقح، صفيق، متهوّر

drzýneomalený

selvhævdende

kecktaktlosungestümungezogen

imprudenteirreflexivoprecipitadotoscatosco

effronté

frakkur

sfacciato

bezkaunīgs

pågående

бесстыдныйбестактныйнахальныйнечувствительныйстремительный

küstah

傲慢无礼的

brash

[bræʃ] ADJ (brasher (compar) (brashest (superl)))

1. (= over-confident) → presuntuoso; (= rash) → impetuoso

2. (= crude) [colour] → chillón; [taste] → vulgar

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brash

[ˈbræʃ] adj → effronté(e)

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brash

adj (+er) → nassforsch, dreist; (= tasteless) colour etc → laut, aufdringlich

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brash

[bræʃ] adj (impudent) → sfrontato/a, sfacciato/a

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brash

(brӕʃ) adjective

cheekily self-confident and impolite. a brash young man. parmantig, astrant, vrypostig, vermetel وقح، صفيق، متهوّر нахален descarado drzý, neomalený keck selvhævdende αυθάδης, αλαζόναςdescarado, impertinente, presuntuoso ninakas پر رو و پر مدعا röyhkeä effrontéחצוף ढीठ, उतावला drzak pimasz lancang, kurang ajar frakkur sfacciato 生意気な 경솔한 akiplėšiškas bezkaunīgs kurang sopan brutaalpågående, freidig, frekkzuchwały د مدعا نه ډک descarado neobrăzat нахальный drzý nesramen drčan oblyg, fräck ทะลึ่ง; ก๋ากั่น küstah 傲慢無禮的 нахабний بےحد خود اعتماد اور اکھڑ hỗn láo 傲慢无礼的

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