brash

  • 21brash — [[t]bræʃ[/t]] adj. er, est, n. 1) impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man[/ex] 2) hasty; rash; impetuous 3) energetic or spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical[/ex] 4) (esp. of wood) brittle 5) a mass of loose… …

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  • 22brash — adjective 1 behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly: Brash, noisy journalists were crowding around the ambassador. 2 a brash building, place, or object attracts attention by being very colourful, large, exciting etc: The painting was… …

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  • 23brash — UK [bræʃ] / US adjective Word forms brash : adjective brash comparative brasher superlative brashest 1) showing disapproval behaving and talking in a loud and confident way that annoys other people a brash young salesman 2) big, bright, or… …

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  • 24brash — adj. also: brassy brash to + inf. (it was brash of him to demand more) …

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  • 25brash — [[t]bræ̱ʃ[/t]] brasher, brashest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive. On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising …

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  • 26brash — adjective 1) a brash man Syn: self assertive, pushy, cocky, self confident, arrogant, bold, audacious, brazen 2) brash colours Syn: garish, gaudy, loud …

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  • 27brash — adjective a brash man Syn: self assertive, pushy, cocksure, cocky, self confident, arrogant, bold, audacious, brazen, bumptious, overweening, puffed up; forward, impudent, insolent, rude Ant: meek …

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  • 28brash — [bræʃ] adj showing disapproval 1) a brash person talks and behaves in a loud confident way 2) big, bright, or colourful …

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  • 29brash — /bræʃ / (say brash) adjective 1. impertinent; impudent; forward. 2. headlong; hasty; rash. –noun 3. loose fragments of rock. 4. Nautical small fragments of crushed ice collected by winds or currents near the shore. {origin obscure} –brashly,… …

  • 30brash —   n. slight sickness; broken pieces of rock or ice; collection of fragments; a. rash; brittle; lifeless.    ♦ water brash, n. pyrosis …

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