English Explanatory Dictionary

brash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
  2. Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
  3. Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
noun
  1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
  2. A sudden burst of rain.
  3. An attack or assault.
verb
  1. To disturb.
adj
  1. Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
noun
  1. Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
  2. Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
  3. Broken fragments of ice.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bɹæʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brash.wav

Word forms

brash brasher more brash brashest most brash brashes brashing brashed

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”).

Synonyms

audacious brassy brazen cocky undiplomatic foolhardy reckless flashy garish loud splashy bedizened blatant blingish brash campy catchpenny chichi chintzy corny crass crude flaunting florid flossy froufrou gauche gaudy gay glaring gross gussied up hideous kitsch kitschy meretricious naff obtrusive ostentatious pizazzy pretentious ritzy raffish schlocky showy snazzy splendiferous tacky tasteless tawdry tinselly too much trinkety unbecoming untasteful vain whorish zesty

Derived words

brashly brashness brashy unbrash water brash weaning brash stonebrash brash ice stone brash
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