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adj
Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: audacious, brassy, brazen, cocky, undiplomatic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: foolhardy, reckless
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adj
Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: flashy, garish, loud, splashy, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, corny, crass, crude, flaunting, florid, flossy, froufrou, gauche, gaudy, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, hideous, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, naff, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizazzy, pretentious, ritzy, raffish, schlocky, showy, snazzy, splendiferous, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, tinselly, too much, trinkety, unbecoming, untasteful, vain, whorish, zesty
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adj
Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial, dated
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A sudden burst of rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An attack or assault.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Broken fragments of ice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To disturb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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adjective satellite
offensively bold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cheeky, nervy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”).
Compare American English bresk, brusk (“fragile, brittle”).
Two main origins: * Scottish surname; probably from brash, a nickname for an impetuous person. * Americanized spelling of German Braasch.
Across languages
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
