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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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
As we’re reminded — or taught — more or less immediately in the opera, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin (soprano Jasmine Habersham), brainy and brash in equal measure, was actually the first arrested for refusing to give up her seat to white bus riders, in 1955.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
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
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Adjective
Douglas and Trump also notably crossed paths in 2010 when the president was a famously brash New York City real estate developer and reality TV star.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
As we’re reminded — or taught — more or less immediately in the opera, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin (soprano Jasmine Habersham), brainy and brash in equal measure, was actually the first arrested for refusing to give up her seat to white bus riders, in 1955.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
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
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“Brash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brash. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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brash
noun1
: an attack of illness
especially
: a short severe illness
2
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