brash
pronunciation
How to pronounce brash in British English:
UK [bræʃ]
How to pronounce brash in American English:
US [bræʃ]
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- Adjective:
- offensively bold
- presumptuously daring
Word Origin
- brash (adj.)
- 1824, of obscure origin, originally American English; perhaps akin to 16c. Scottish brash "attack, assault," or French breche "fragments," especially of ice, which is from a Germanic source (compare Old High German brehha "breach," from brehhan "to break"), or to German brechen "to vomit."
Example
- 1. Brash co-founder mitch davis let the word .
- 2. Others said they were turned off by " brash and arrogant " americans .
- 3. Her initial confidence can seem brash and naive .
- 4. Even back then , mr potanin aspired to be more than a brash russian billionaire .
- 5. Yet his style is considerably less brash , even solicitous a quality he wants reflected in frontline employees .