brash

brash
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. reckless, impetuous; impudent. See rashness, impudence.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. reckless rash, impetuous, hasty, mindless, incautious, headlong, foolhardy, unwary, impulsive.
2. pushy bold, cocky, impudent, nervy, rude, cheeky, forward, flip, brazen.
ANT.: 1. thoughtful, cautious, wary. 2. courteous, reserved, respectful, kind
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste: foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash1, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered. See CAREFUL. 2. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others: clumsy, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful. See ABILITY, COURTESY. 3. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang: wise1. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY.

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