Definition of Brashness

1. Noun. Tasteless showiness.


2. Noun. The trait of being rash and hasty.
Generic synonyms: Foolhardiness, Rashness, Recklessness
Derivative terms: Brash

Definition of Brashness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being brash. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brashness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brashness

brasen
brasero
braseros
brases
brash
brash ice
brash oak
brashed
brasher
brashes
brashest
brashier
brashiest
brashing
brashly
brashness (current term)
brashnesses
brashy
brasier
brasiers
brasilein
brasileins
brasilenyne
brasilin
brasilins
brasils
brasofensine

Literary usage of Brashness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians by Michael Matthew Kaylor (2006)
"... openness and brashness to his students, who continue to circulate this 'knowledge' among themselves as a furtherance of his pedagogical process. ..."

2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1921)
"I am sure Philadelphia was thrilled by this correspondence and by the brashness of Charles Lee, and that many were the stories about it that went the rounds ..."

3. A History of the United States Since the Civil War by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"But for Secretary Fish's services, as we shall soon see, the country, through Grant's brashness, would have been involved in a war with Spain.1 Thwarted ..."

4. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"... excellent connections within the political leadership of the newly established Third Reich.25 Milch's brashness and arrogance eventually led to conflict ..."

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