1
: brittle
brash wood
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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)
Examples of brash in a Sentence
Adjective
She asks such brash questions.
a brash request to get something for free
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026
Watson brash, sort of firing on all cylinders, chaotic to a certain extent.
—Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Until recently, the brash persona and policies—both domestic and foreign—that seemed to conflict with GOP norms set the president apart from his party predecessors.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
Those fans seemed vindicated when the brash Johnson came in and guided the Cowboys to their most losses ever in a 1-15 debut.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026
Watson brash, sort of firing on all cylinders, chaotic to a certain extent.
—Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Brash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brash. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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brash
noun1
: an attack of illness
especially
: a short severe illness
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