brash
adjective /bræʃ/ disapprovingDefinition
› (of people) showing too much confidence and too little respect: a brash young bankerThe qualities of colour › (of clothes) too bright and colourful: Don't you think that suit's a bit brash for a funeral?Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting brashness /ˈbræʃ.nəs/ noun [U] The qualities of colourSaddening, shocking and upsetting
(Definition of brash adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- egotistic adjective
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- pompous adjective
- portentous adjective
- proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- think the (whole) world revolves around you idiom
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
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