brash

Meaning

Adj

1. Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
2. Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
3. Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
2. (countable, uncountable) A sudden burst of rain.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An attack or assault.

Verb

To disturb.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
2. (countable, uncountable) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
3. (countable, uncountable) Broken fragments of ice.

Synonyms

cheeky

insolent

arrogant

brazen

rubbish

hasty

lawless

nervy

tactless

impudent

dashing

egotistical

fragile

frail

garbage

🗑️

haughty

heady

hotheaded

impetuous

improved

improving

impulsive

irreverent

noisy

nosy

ostentatious

overbearing

overweening

advanced

presumer

presumptuous

pretentious

progressing

puffed up

rash

sassy

saucy

scornful

screaming

shocking

stuck-up

thoughtless

unconsidered

vainglorious

vehement

full of oneself

bad-mannered

very forward

precocious

affected

Translations

effronté

dreist

insolente

descarado

ζωηρός

impertinent

ειλικρινής

ντόπρος

αδιάντροπος

aufdringlich

ανόητος

χαλίκι

procax

escombros

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹæʃ/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: bars

Cognate with German: barsch

Cognate with Danish: barsk

Cognate with Swedish: barsk

In summary

Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”).