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

Verb

To disturb.

Noun

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

barefaced

bold

brazen-faced

clamorous

cocky

conceited

contemptuous

crass

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹæʃ/

Etymology

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”).