1
: brittle
brash wood
2
3
a
: full of fresh raw vitality
a brash frontier town
b
: uninhibitedly energetic or demonstrative (see demonstrative entry 1 sense 3) : bumptious
a brash comedian
4
5
: piercingly sharp : harsh
a brash squeal of brakes
6
: marked by vivid contrast : bold
brash colors
brashly
adverb
brashness
noun
: a mass of fragments (as of ice)
Synonyms
Examples of brash in a Sentence
Adjective
She asks such brash questions.
a brash request to get something for free
Recent Examples on the Web
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
So, to keep my ears sharp, that means occasionally resetting my brain with the loudest, brashest music in the canon, for better or worse.
—Nate Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The loud and brash content was aimed at the older siblings of the Disney Channel audience.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
One launched as an independent operation in 2020 and sold itself with a brash anti-bank message.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2024
But the young man, enthralled by his father’s stories of samurai, grows only more brash, itching for violence.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
As Trump has reshaped the Republican Party, its core voters have begun to expect lawmakers to mold themselves in Trump’s brash, fighter image, rather than as politicians seeking compromise.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Read on for my full review of the new The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai:
The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai
The Lana’s quiet luxury is a soothing, rose-perfumed, antidote to Dubai’s brash bling.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
The Fabs were confident—and typically brash— about their new sound.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
But in part because of his previous reputation as a dove, Mr. Kishida has so far pushed the envelope further while encountering less resistance than Abe’s sometimes brash approaches.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
In one memorable moment, Mr. Falwell celebrated his 2016 endorsement of Mr. Trump by posing for a picture with him in front of a Trump Tower office wall that included a framed copy of a 1990 Playboy cover featuring the brash real estate developer.
—Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
From the brash but supposedly visionary CEO to the superstar trader who never seems to sleep, crypto, like other high-flying industries, is filled with hotshots.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2022
Insiders in both parties believed the brash Mr. Bolduc would turn off independents and suburban voters.
—Andrew Cline, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
But the odds are not necessarily in investors’ favor—next time markets bubble up again, Mr. Son’s brash style may resurface as well.
—Jacky Wong, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
Billionaire Elon Musk is known for many things -- like his revolutionary ideas, brash management style and controversial tweets.
—Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2022
Of course, Black and Stewart’s brash style has its detractors.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
Adjective
The Spook Who Sat by the Door is less brash than Bamboozled, but no less brave.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
So, to keep my ears sharp, that means occasionally resetting my brain with the loudest, brashest music in the canon, for better or worse.
—Nate Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The loud and brash content was aimed at the older siblings of the Disney Channel audience.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
One launched as an independent operation in 2020 and sold itself with a brash anti-bank message.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2024
But the young man, enthralled by his father’s stories of samurai, grows only more brash, itching for violence.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
As Trump has reshaped the Republican Party, its core voters have begun to expect lawmakers to mold themselves in Trump’s brash, fighter image, rather than as politicians seeking compromise.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Read on for my full review of the new The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai:
The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai
The Lana’s quiet luxury is a soothing, rose-perfumed, antidote to Dubai’s brash bling.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
The Fabs were confident—and typically brash— about their new sound.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
Noun
The brash ’80s, referenced by Piccioli at Valentino and Alexandre Vauthier, who paid homage to the elegance of Grace Jones , felt more immediate and relevant.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
But in part because of his previous reputation as a dove, Mr. Kishida has so far pushed the envelope further while encountering less resistance than Abe’s sometimes brash approaches.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
In one memorable moment, Mr. Falwell celebrated his 2016 endorsement of Mr. Trump by posing for a picture with him in front of a Trump Tower office wall that included a framed copy of a 1990 Playboy cover featuring the brash real estate developer.
—Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
From the brash but supposedly visionary CEO to the superstar trader who never seems to sleep, crypto, like other high-flying industries, is filled with hotshots.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2022
Insiders in both parties believed the brash Mr. Bolduc would turn off independents and suburban voters.
—Andrew Cline, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
But the odds are not necessarily in investors’ favor—next time markets bubble up again, Mr. Son’s brash style may resurface as well.
—Jacky Wong, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
Billionaire Elon Musk is known for many things -- like his revolutionary ideas, brash management style and controversial tweets.
—Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2022
Of course, Black and Stewart’s brash style has its detractors.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
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: a short severe illness
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