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View usage for: (bræʃ) Word forms: comparative brasher, superlative brashestadjectiveIf you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive. [disapproval] On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising. Synonyms: bold, forward, rude, arrogant More Synonyms of brash brashly adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] I brashly announced to the group that NATO needed to be turned around. brashness uncountable noun He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance. brash in British English 1 (bræʃ) adjective1. tastelessly or offensively loud, showy, or bold Derived forms brashly (ˈbrashly) adverb brashness (ˈbrashness) noun Word origin C19: perhaps influenced by rash1brash in British English 2 (bræʃ) nounloose rubbish, such as broken rock, hedge clippings, etc; debris Word origin C18: of unknown origin brash in British English 3 (bræʃ) noun pathology another name for heartburn Word origin C16: perhaps of imitative origin brash in American English 1 (bræʃ) adjective1. brittle or fragile, as some wood 2. hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous 3. offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc. noun5. Scottish a sudden shower Derived forms brashly (ˈbrashly) adverb brashness (ˈbrashness) noun Word origin orig. Brit dial.; < ? brash in American English 2 (bræʃ) noun broken pieces or fragments, as of rock or floating ice Word origin Fr brèche < OHG brecha, fragment < brehhan, to break Examples of 'brash' in a sentencebrash Loud, brash but always entertaining.Is big and brash or boutique the new style of cruising?When he was young he was brash and always mouthing off.He was confident but not brash and open without being too gushing.They can be quite loud and brash.The grey squirrel is brash, bold and better designed than the indigenous model.Loyalty to the existing, or a bold and brash new look?The car was bold, brash and brimming with power.The secret to this is what lies beneath its big, brash body.London is big, brash and bold.In our neck of the woods, weddings are meant to be big and brash.Once a young, brash president of a growing corporation was being dangerously extravagant.It was then a big, brash and confident broadsheet with a circulation of more than four million.I found her behaviour brash, shocking and entirely irresistible.Nor could the acoustic: no sign here of the brash American sound.It's all very bright, brash and noisy.Former colleagues say he's bright, brash and ambitious.Be bold, brash, confident and cavalier as you turn hopes and dreams into realities.It might have been brash once - new houses tend to be, like the people who build them. British English: brash ADJECTIVE 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. - American English: brash
- Brazilian Portuguese: grosseiro
- Chinese: 自以为是的
- European Spanish: tosco
- French: effronté
- German: dreist
- Italian: sfacciato
- Japanese: 厚かましい
- Korean: 자신만만한
- European Portuguese: grosseiro
- Latin American Spanish: tosco
Chinese translation of 'brash' adj - (= forward, cheeky)
莽撞的 (mǎngzhuàng de)
Definition impudent or bold On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising. Synonyms hubristic full of yourself Opposites reserved , careful , cautious , uncertain , polite , thoughtful , prudent , timid , respectful Additional synonymsDefinition having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or ability an air of arrogant indifference Synonyms conceited, lordly, assuming, proud, swaggering, pompous, pretentious, stuck up (informal), cocky, contemptuous, blustering, imperious, overbearing, haughty, scornful, puffed up, egotistical, disdainful, self-important, presumptuous, high-handed, insolent, supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, immodest, swollen-headed, bigheaded (informal), uppish (British, informal), too big for your boots or breeches Definition shameless and bold a brazen dive to win a free-kick Synonyms bold, forward, defiant, brash, saucy, audacious, pushy (informal), shameless, unabashed, pert, unashamed, insolent, impudent, immodest, barefaced, brassy (informal) Definition offensively self-assertive or conceited a bumptious young man Synonyms cocky, forward, arrogant, brash, swaggering, vaunting, pushy (informal), conceited, showy, overbearing, presumptuous, boastful, impudent, overconfident, vainglorious, self-assertive, egotistic, full of yourself- branch out
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