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The definition of brash is someone or something with an abrasive, tacky, self-serving or rude manner.

(adjective)

An example of someone who would be described as brash is a person who storms into a restaurant and starts demanding everyone cater to him.
An example of something that would be described as brash is a large, ostentatious and tacky building.

See brash in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

brittle or fragile, as some wood
hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous
offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc.

Origin: orig. Brit dial.; < ?

noun

pyrosis
Scot. a sudden shower

Related Forms:

brashly adverb
brashness noun

noun

broken pieces or fragments, as of rock or floating ice

Origin: Fr brèche < OHG brecha, fragment < brehhan, to break

See brash in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective brash·er, brash·est

a. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.
b. Rash.
Lacking in sensitivity or tact.
Presumptuously forward; impudent. See Synonyms at shameless.
Brittle: brash timbers.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly imitative (influenced by rash¹)

Origin: or from brash, attack

Related Forms:

brashˈly adverb

brashˈness noun

noun

A mass or pile of rubble, refuse, or fragments, as of stone, brush, or ice.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps an alteration of French brèche, breach in a wall

Origin: , from Italian breccia; see breccia

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