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: brittle
brash wood
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a
: full of fresh raw vitality
a brash frontier town
b
: uninhibitedly energetic or demonstrative (see demonstrative entry 1 sense 3) : bumptious
a brash comedian
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: piercingly sharp : harsh
a brash squeal of brakes
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: marked by vivid contrast : bold
brash colors
brashly
adverb
brashness
noun
: a mass of fragments (as of ice)
Synonyms
Examples of brash in a Sentence
Adjective
She asks such brash questions.
a brash request to get something for free
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Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
As a result of some brash and creative ideas employed by former executive producer Eric Bischoff, WCW became a competitive threat to WWE’s reign.
—Mark Lasota, Ph.d., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
But in part because of his previous reputation as a dove, Mr. Kishida has so far pushed the envelope further while encountering less resistance than Abe’s sometimes brash approaches.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
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Adjective
At age 27, Smith is the team’s leading tackler and more than that, a spiritual successor to Ray Lewis as the Ravens’ brash defensive quarterback.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
As a result of some brash and creative ideas employed by former executive producer Eric Bischoff, WCW became a competitive threat to WWE’s reign.
—Mark Lasota, Ph.d., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
The brash ’80s, referenced by Piccioli at Valentino and Alexandre Vauthier, who paid homage to the elegance of Grace Jones , felt more immediate and relevant.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
But in part because of his previous reputation as a dove, Mr. Kishida has so far pushed the envelope further while encountering less resistance than Abe’s sometimes brash approaches.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
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“Brash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brash. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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brash
noun1
: an attack of illness
especially
: a short severe illness
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