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brashbrash /bræʃ/ adjective brashOrigin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from ➔ RASH1 - a brash young salesman from New York
- a very brash young man
- The hotel bar was full of brash, noisy journalists.
- He was loose, loudmouthed, and brash.
- It's not some brash statement of their own personalities, but a low murmur from many people over many years.
- It s brash, fast, slickly arranged big-band music that hits the accents with deft conviction.
- Pre, the subject of two movies this year, was brash, cocky, charismatic.
- Putnam, a brash type, pushed his case-a bit too hard.
- The cities were brash, corrupt, and the centres of organized crime.
too confident► overconfident too sure that you will succeed or win, often when you do not have the ability to do this: · Murray worried that the team was becoming overconfident. · As drivers, teenage boys are often overconfident and take stupid risks. ► cocky informal too confident about yourself and your abilities, especially in a way that annoys other people: · a cocky young lieutenant· My brother can be a little bit cocky sometimes.· She didn't come off well in the interview - she was a bit too cocky, a bit too sure of herself. ► brash someone who is brash is very confident in an annoying way, for example because they talk too loudly and never listen to other people: · The hotel bar was full of brash, noisy journalists.· a brash young salesman from New York 1behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly – used to show disapproval: brash journalists2a brash building, place, or object attracts attention by being very colourful, large, exciting etc: The painting was bold, brash, and modern.—brashly adverb—brashness noun [uncountable] |