brash

[Brash]

Brash sounds like what it means: harsh, loud, and maybe a little rude. Sometimes that’s good, like when you have a serious rash on your face and give Aunt Nell a brash warning before she showers you with kisses.

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Hasty in temper; impetuous.

Adjective S.
offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

Adjective S.
presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"


a.
Hasty in temper; impetuous.

a.
Brittle, as wood or vegetables.

n.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

n.
Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.

n.
Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.

n.
Broken fragments of ice.


Brash

Brash , a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.] Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.

Brash

Brash, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] Bartlett.

Brash

Brash, n. [See Brash brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell. 4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane. Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. -- Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.

Hasty in temper; impetuous.

Brittle, as wood or vegetables.

A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

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Usage Examples

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

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