brash

(brăsh)
adj., brash·er, brash·est.

1. 1. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.
   2. Rash.
2. Lacking in sensitivity or tact.
3. Presumptuously forward; impudent. See synonyms at shameless.
4. Brittle: brash timbers.

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

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

brash² (brăsh)
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.]

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adjective

1. Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste: foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered. See careful/careless.
2. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others: clumsy, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful. See ability/inability, courtesy/discourtesy.
3. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang wise. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

adj

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

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

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

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For a list of words related to brash, see:

• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic
• Strong, Bold, or Tough
• Angry, Emotional, Aggressive, or Passionate
• Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical
• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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See words rhyming with "brash."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Brash.

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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