brash | (adjective) offensively bold | Synonyms: cheeky, nervy |
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brashly | (adverb) in a brash cheeky manner | Synonyms: cheekily, nervily |
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brashness | (noun) the trait of being rash and hasty | - |
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(noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness |
brasier | (noun) large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times | Synonyms: brazier |
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brass | (noun) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece | Synonyms: brass instrument |
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(noun) a memorial made of brass | Synonyms: memorial tablet, plaque |
(noun) an ornament or utensil made of brass | - |
(noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, cheek, face, nerve |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments | Synonyms: brass section |
(noun) an alloy of copper and zinc | - |
brassard | (noun) armor plate that protects the arm | - |
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brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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brassbound | (adjective) having trim or fittings of brass | - |
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(adjective) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable | Synonyms: ironclad |
brasserie | (noun) a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap | - |
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brassie | (noun) (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated than a driver but less than a spoon | - |
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brassiere | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bandeau, bra |
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brasslike | (adjective) resembling the sound of a brass instrument | Synonyms: brassy |
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brassy | (adjective) resembling the sound of a brass instrument | Synonyms: brasslike |
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(adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |