adjective · rare

brash

brash · brasher · brashest

зухвалий, нахабний, безсоромний

дерзкий, наглый, бессовестный

frech, keck, dreist, forsch

procaz

culotté, m'as-tu-vu, suffisant

faccia di bronzo, sfacciato, sfrontato

zuchwały

procaz

Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudentOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

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/ˈbɹæʃ/

» Tom was brash.

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Translations

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By meaning 3

overly bold or self-assertive:

impetuous or rash:

bold, bright or showy:

Examples

10 sentences

Tom was brash.
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I don't like his brash way of talking.
ruМне не нравится его дерзкая манера говорить. — vilnat
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In contrast with many of his contemporaries, he’s not brash and boastful.
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Meaning

4 senses

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
dreist, forsch, frech
Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
brash colours
a brash perfume
schrill, grell, knallig
offensively bold
Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
nassforsch, übermütig
(US, colloquial, dated)Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Per

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”).

Compare American English bresk, brusk (“fragile, brittle”).

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