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)
Examples of brash in a Sentence
Adjective
She asks such brash questions.
a brash request to get something for free
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
But his subtle brush-off of Collins is a sign of the cocky and brash kid already beginning to emerge — the same one who could cut down people down to size on his way to redefining himself and jolting both the New York folk scene and the world of pop at large.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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
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Adjective
Urgent percussion, brash guitars and Wetzel’s commanding vocal meld mightily on this new track.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
But his subtle brush-off of Collins is a sign of the cocky and brash kid already beginning to emerge — the same one who could cut down people down to size on his way to redefining himself and jolting both the New York folk scene and the world of pop at large.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
Taking on classic buddy-comedy attributes, Sam is the together one with a programmatic path toward life as a wealthy but hollow finance twerp, while Ari is the brash, cracked, less-medicated-than-he-should-be bull in a china shop.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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
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“Brash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brash. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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brash
noun1
: an attack of illness
especially
: a short severe illness
2
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