brash
11brash — (adj.) 1824, of obscure origin, originally American English; perhaps akin to 16c. Scottish brash attack, assault, or Fr. breche fragments, especially of ice, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. brehha breach, from brehhan to break ), or to Ger.… …
12brash — index brazen, caustic, impertinent (insolent), improvident, imprudent, obtrusive, presumptuous Bur …
13brash — adj brazen, barefaced, impudent, *shameless Analogous words: bold, audacious (see BRAVE): rash, reckless (see ADVENTUROUS): impetuous, headlong, abrupt, *precipitate: intrusive, officious, *impertinent Antonyms: wary Contrasted words: * …
14brash — [adj] impulsive, brazen audacious, bold, brazenfaced, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate,… …
15brash — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ self assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way. DERIVATIVES brashly adverb brashness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a form of RASH(Cf. ↑rashness) …
16brash — I. adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1566 1. brittle < brash wood > 2. a. heedless of the consequences ; audacious < a brash adventurer > b. done in haste without regard for consequences …
17brash´ly — brash1 «brash», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. showing lack of respect; impudent; saucy: »a very brash young man. Many are brash, but few are brave (Harper s). 2. hasty; rash: »a brash act. –n …
18Brash — Don Brash Donald Thomas Brash (* 24. September 1940 in Wanganui, Neuseeland) war bis 2006 der Vorsitzende der New Zealand National Party und Oppositionsführer im neuseeländischen Abgeordnetenhaus. Nachfolger ist der Politiker John Key. Brash… …
19Brash — This name derives from a northern English dialectual term brasche meaning rash or impetuous and was originally given as a nickname to a rather impetuous person. The surname from this source is first recorded in Scotland in the early half of the… …
20brash — brashly, adv. brashness, n. /brash/, adj., brasher, brashest, n. adj. Also, brashy. 1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man. 2. hasty; rash; impetuous. 3. energetic or highly spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new… …
