brashness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brashness
Noun
  • The members of my party have the gall to request several of these demonic items from the livid waiter.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
  • Lia Thomas stole a medal through deceit, and this rag has the gall to call him a 'champion'?
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Consider Otto Loewi, the German physiologist who helped prove that nerve signals are transmitted chemically.
    Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • In that study, a chemical formulation was injected into a paralyzed rat's spine before the nerve tissue was stimulated with electricity.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • This silliness, the silliness of his arrogance, was actually funny to me.
    Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • On the dark side, however, Mercury in Leo can spark moments of arrogance and stubbornness.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Full of confidence and eager to prove the worth of his colt, the veteran conditioner brilliantly prepared Forever Young for another run on American soil in the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • The findings show a growing generational divide in workplace confidence, and these fears are not necessarily unfounded.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Through a mixture of audacity, ruthlessness, and luck, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has upended the balance of power between Israel and Iran, its most threatening regional adversary, and remade the Middle East in just 20 months.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 19 June 2025
  • Others had the audacity to leave the plantations that had been home to them for generations.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
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“Brashness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brashness. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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