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Definition of Brashness
1. Noun. Tasteless showiness.
Generic synonyms: Tastelessness
Derivative terms: Flashy, Flashy, Garish, Gaudy, Gaudy, Loud, Meretricious, Tawdry, Tawdry
2. Noun. The trait of being rash and hasty.
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
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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