brashness
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(′brash·nəs)
(materials) Pertaining to wood that possesses relatively low shock resistance and therefore fails abruptly when broken during bending.
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brashness
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- Foolhardy boldness or disregard of danger: foolhardiness, incautiousness, rashness, recklessness, temerariousness, temerity. See careful/careless.
- The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
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