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brash¹ Definition

brash (bras̸h)

adjective

  1. brittle or fragile, as some wood
  2. hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous
  3. offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc.

Etymology: orig. Brit dial.; < ?

noun

  1. pyrosis
  2. Scot. a sudden shower

brash¹ Related Forms
brashly adverb brash·ness noun
brash² Definition

brash (bras̸h)

noun

broken pieces or fragments, as of rock or floating ice

Etymology: Fr brèche < OHG brecha, fragment < brehhan, to break

brash Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • ice: You could land on a narrow granite beach choked with brash ice.
  • statement: Of course the answer always is that it is too complex to make broad brash statements like that.
  • man: Style: A brash man in a Hawaiian shirt will be treated differently to a soft-spoken man in a tailored business suit.
  • style: It seemed much subtler than William's brash style ( not that I have any objection to it ).
  • newcomer: James Tinling, a former Cabinet Minister, plans a political comeback, although a brash newcomer stands in his way.
  • neighbor: On Bennachie, tedious Oxen Craig must receive a good deal fewer ascents than its lower but brasher neighbor Mither Tap.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: Next the modeling is rather crude - especially the face, and the glaze colors are rather brash and garish.
  • too: Okay, she's too brash for her own good, which is why she's on her second set of teeth.
  • very: It was very brash to walk up to a teacher and offer a kiss unless it had been invited by his own first embrace.
  • so: When me and Jim heard that we didn't feel so brash as what we did before.
  • sometimes: Her color palette mixes muted natural tones with juicy, sometimes brash accents and she succeeds in making tricky shade combinations work together.
  • not: It has bags of attack and precision to the notes, and yet it's not brash or harsh.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: When me and Jim heard that we didn't feel so brash as what we did before.
  • seem: To conventional politicians of both right and left, then, these workers seemed brash, aggressive and threatening.
brash Quotes

Youth may be forgiven when it is brash or noisy, but this does not mean that brashness and noise are virtues.

—Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

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