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(brăsh) pronunciation
adj., brash·er, brash·est.
    1. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.
    2. Rash.
  1. Lacking in sensitivity or tact.
  2. Presumptuously forward; impudent. See synonyms at shameless.
  3. Brittle: brash timbers.

[Possibly imitative (influenced by RASH1) or from brash, attack.]

brashly brash'ly adv.
brashness brash'ness n.

brash2 (brăsh) pronunciation
n.
A mass or pile of rubble, refuse, or fragments, as of stone, brush, or ice.

[Perhaps an alteration of French brèche, breach in a wall, from Italian breccia. See breccia.]



adj

Definition: impulsive, brazen
Antonyms: afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved

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IN BRIEF: adv. - In a cheeky manner..

pronunciation Unlikely activist brashly discredits paperless voting machines — http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-07-06-bevharris-profile_x.htm

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - skør, mør

2.
n. - grødis, sjapis

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbezonnen, vrijpostig, overmoedig, ijsbrokken, afgeknipte takken van heg

Français (French)
1.
adj. - impétueux, fougueux, impertinent, effronté, criard (une couleur)

2.
n. - amoncellement, fragments, décombres

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - unbesonnen, dreist, auffällig

2.
n. - Trümmergestein, Eistrümmer

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φουριόζος, ορμητικός, θρασύς, αυθάδης

Italiano (Italian)
sfacciato, sconsigliato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impetuoso, imprudente

Русский (Russian)
вспыльчивый, самоуверенный, кричащий

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - irreflexivo, alocado, imprudente

2.
n. - montón de escombros

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - framfusig, påflugen, fräck, prålig, skrikig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 性急的, 易碎的, 无礼的, 轻率的

2. 骤雨, 残枝, 碎片, 胃灼热

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 驟雨, 殘枝, 碎片, 胃灼熱

2.
adj. - 性急的, 易碎的, 無禮的, 輕率的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 성급한, 건방진, 무른

2.
n. - 파편, 소나기, 가슴앓이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 生意気な, せっかちな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) واثق لحد الوقاحه, صفيق, ذو ألوان متضاربه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נועז, פזיז, מחוצף, חצוף‬
n. - ‮ערימת פסולת או אבנים, חתיכות קרח או גזרי-עצים‬


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