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brash

[ brash ]

adjective

, brash·er, brash·est.
  1. a brash young man.

  2. Synonyms: precipitate, foolhardy, imprudent, overhasty, reckless

    Antonyms: careful, prudent, wary, cautious

  3. energetic or highly spirited, especially in an irreverent way; zesty:

    a brash new musical.

  4. (used especially of wood) brittle.


noun

  1. a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
  2. Pathology. heartburn ( def 1 ).
  3. Scot. and North England Dialect.
    1. a sudden shower or burst of rain.
    2. any sudden, minor sickness or indisposition, especially of the digestive tract.
    3. an assault; attack.

brash

1

/ bræʃ /

adjective

  1. tastelessly or offensively loud, showy, or bold
  2. hasty; rash
  3. impudent


brash

2

/ bræʃ /

noun

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

brash

3

/ bræʃ /

noun

  1. pathol another name for heartburn

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Derived Forms

  • ˈbrashness, noun
  • ˈbrashly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • brash·ly adverb
  • brash·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brash1

First recorded in 1400–50; (noun) late Middle English brass(c)he “a slap, crash,” perhaps blend of brok(e) ( Old English broc “breach, fragment, sickness”; akin to break ) and dasch “smashing blow”; dash 1; (adjective) in the sense “brittle” is derivative of the noun; in the sense “hasty” by confusion with rash 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brash1

C19: perhaps influenced by rash 1

Origin of brash2

C18: of unknown origin

Origin of brash3

C16: perhaps of imitative origin

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Example Sentences

The brash, engaged, occasionally self-centered ex-lawmaker seemed to retreat inward and practically disappear.

Brash, crass, and overflowing with wiseass attitude, he remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.

Brash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.

In the movie, Murray portrays Vincent McKenna, a brash, loud, foul-mouthed man who drinks and chain-smokes.

By relieving McElhone of the brash movie ending she is able to maintain her grasp on a flawed but still complex character.

It was no brash idea, no hare-brained impulse concocted in one's cups, perhaps.

Reefs buried in frothing surge showed their glistening mantles, and the boat swerved to avoid floating streamers of brash-ice.

Thus the northern face crumbles down into brash or floats away as part of a berg severed from the main body of the shelf-ice.

The whole watery expanse was covered with brash, and we were obliged to pick our way with considerable caution.

This disease is more frequently called water brash and sometimes heart burn.

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