'Brash' definitions:
Definition of 'brash'
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Definition of 'Brash'
From: GCIDE
- Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brash'
From: GCIDE
- Brash \Brash\, n. [See Brash brittle.]
- 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. [1913 Webster]
- Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.
- Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brash'
From: GCIDE
- Brash \Brash\ (br[a^]sh), a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.] Hasty in temper; impetuous. --Grose. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brash'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- biggety,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bold,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- brusque,
- bumptious,
- cavalier,
- challenging,
- cheeky,
- churlish,
- chutzpadik,
- cocksure,
- cocky,
- contemptuous,
- crusty,
- curt,
- daring,
- defiant,
- defying,
- derisive,
- disdainful,
- disregardful,
- disrespectful,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- facy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- forward,
- fresh,
- gally,
- gratuitous,
- greatly daring,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- high-spirited,
- hubristic,
- ill-advised,
- impertinent,
- impetuous,
- impolitic,
- improvident,
- imprudent,
- impudent,
- impulsive,
- incautious,
- inconsiderate,
- indiscreet,
- injudicious,
- insolent,
- madcap,
- maladroit,
- malapert,
- nervy,
- overbold,
- overcareless,
- overconfident,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- pert,
- precipitate,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- rash,
- reckless,
- regardless of consequences,
- rough,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- snippy,
- surly,
- tactless,
- temerarious,
- thoughtless,
- truculent,
- uncalled-for,
- unchary,
- undiplomatic,
- untactful,
- unwary,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- vivacious,
- wise-ass