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/bɹæʃ/ · adjective
(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless..
a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour
Mrs. Mayfield looked away, and the girl stricken with remorse, hastened to her and said: “There, I have been too brash, haven’t I? You must forgive me for I didn’t intend to be brash.” “Brash, my dear? What do you mean by that?” She laughed. “Why, I thought everybody know’d what brash meant. Well, it’s er—too quick to say somethin’ you oughtn’t to say.”
Trouble with Silzer is, he’s too brash—shoots off his mouth too much—likes to hear himself talk.
The American’s brash unconcern for nuance indicates a young and vigorous country, the Briton’s clipped speech an ancient, proverbial reserve.
Edusco liked him, he could tell; he imagined Edusco talking about him in a gathering of other self-made Igbo men, men who were brash and striving, who juggled huge businesses and supported vast extended families.
[…] just because you’re a little hot under the collar, don’t do anything brash, for fear you may regret it afterward.
Now, Mr. Reed, you’ve committed nothing but a brash act of bad taste by bypassing the standard channels.
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Use brash when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brash means (of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless..
Common synonyms include audacious, brassy, brazen, cocky.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour
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