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单词 brashly
释义

brash

1 of 2

adjective

ˈbrash How to pronounce brash (audio)
1
: brittle
brash wood
2
a
: heedless of the consequences : audacious
a brash adventurer
b
: done in haste without regard for consequences : rash
brash acts
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
a
: lacking restraint and discernment : tactless
brash remarks
b
: aggressively self-assertive : impudent
brash to the point of arrogance
5
: piercingly sharp : harsh
a brash squeal of brakes
6
: marked by vivid contrast : bold
brash colors
brashly adverb
brashness noun

brash

2 of 2

noun

: a mass of fragments (as of ice)

Synonyms

Adjective

  • arch
  • audacious
  • bold
  • bold-faced
  • brassbound
  • brassy
  • brazen
  • brazen-faced
  • cheeky
  • cocksure
  • cocky
  • fresh
  • impertinent
  • impudent
  • insolent
  • nervy
  • sassy
  • saucy
  • wise
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Example Sentences

Adjective She asks such brash questions. a brash request to get something for free
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Drivers burned rubber in a brash West Loop display early Sunday. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 Making headway, Deborah confidently sports a bright orange floral-print blouse with brash silver sequins on the forearms. Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2022 On the red carpet, Taika Waititi went for a brash pinstripe suit. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 29 July 2022 Her recollections from her close proximity to the president and his inner circle suggest Trump's demands were not the brash desires of an impulsive commander in chief but part of his last-ditch plan for stopping Biden's victory. Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 9 July 2022 His approach to love is less yearning and more matter-of-fact, underlined with a brash approach to chasing his desires and showing a newly prominent bad-boy persona. Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone, 30 May 2022 The brash 36-year-old's ruthlessness was never a secret, but the depth of his cruelty shocked even the most jaded realists in 2018 when his agents lured, murdered and dismembered the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the regime. Frida Ghitis, CNN, 16 July 2022 The pair team up to solve a murder most foul in London’s West End theater district during the 1950s, investigating the seedy underbelly of England’s glamorous of artists and turning over a litany of brash, creative suspects. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 29 June 2022 The central New York novel of the 1980s, capturing the zeitgeist of that moment unlike anything else: glamorous, brash, over the top. New York Times, 30 June 2022
Noun
Thompson recalls the younger Shepard of Project Mercury as brash, irreverent, and at times imperious, defying the early stereotype of the astronaut as flawless hero. Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022 In the movie, film executive Violet Calder (Munn) hears a constant, critical voice in her head – a brazen and brash baritone voiced by Justin Theroux. David Oliver, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021 His only companion is a pig, who forages for truffles which Rob sells to brash restaurant supplier Amir (Alex Wolff). Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2022 Radio vet Tom Leykis, who spent much of his career doling out life advice and offering brash, unfiltered talk in syndication and on such stations as WABC, KFI and KLSX, warns that not everything translates from terrestrial to pod. Shirley Halperin, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022 Ruto, meanwhile, portrayed himself as the brash outsider and played up his chicken-selling childhood despite his current post and wealth. Cara Anna, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 Ramps are found in a small part of northeastern India, says Shetty, who likes the brash, garlic-onion notes of the wild leeks. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 King is the brash Olympic and world champion swimmer from Evansville Reitz High School and Indiana University. Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2022 Amazingly, however, the film delivers not one but several outstanding performances, specifically the brash and transformative trumpeter played by Chadwick Boseman. Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

origin unknown

Noun

obsolete English brash to breach a wall

First Known Use

Adjective

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1787, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

brash

noun

ˈbrash How to pronounce brash (audio)
1
: an attack of illness
especially : a short severe illness
2
: water brash

brashly

adverb

as in brazenly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • brazenly
  • rashly
  • recklessly
  • impulsively
  • impetuously
  • incautiously
  • heedlessly
  • imprudently
  • foolhardily
  • crazily
  • overconfidently
  • audaciously
  • daringly
  • insanely
  • precipitately
  • wildly
  • thoughtlessly
  • boldly
  • foolishly
  • adventurously
  • resolutely
  • determinedly
  • stoutly
  • hotheadedly
  • self-confidently
  • hardily
  • spiritedly
  • firmly
  • hastily
  • fearlessly
  • courageously
  • gamely
  • grittily
  • intrepidly
  • valiantly
  • pluckily
  • stalwartly
  • manfully
  • valorously
  • dauntlessly
  • venturously
  • spunkily
  • venturesomely
  • doughtily
  • heroically
  • bravely
  • gallantly
  • stoutheartedly
  • gutsily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fearfully
  • timorously
  • timidly
  • cravenly
  • cowardly
  • shyly
  • spinelessly
  • diffidently
  • nervously
  • skittishly
  • anxiously
  • cautiously
  • apprehensively
  • prudently
  • pusillanimously
  • carefully
  • spiritlessly
  • heedfully
  • mousily
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