i Register
In some senses, brash is marked as obsolete, dated, US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour
Mrs. Mayfield looked away, and the girl stricken with remorse, hastened to her and said: “There, I have been too brash, haven’t I? You must forgive me for I didn’t intend to be brash.” “Brash, my dear? What do you mean by that?” She laughed. “Why, I thought everybody know’d what brash meant. Well, it’s er—too quick to say somethin’ you oughtn’t to say.”
Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
[…] just because you’re a little hot under the collar, don’t do anything brash, for fear you may regret it afterward.
Now, Mr. Reed, you’ve committed nothing but a brash act of bad taste by bypassing the standard channels.
Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
brash colours
a brash perfume
noun
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
A sudden burst of rain.
An attack or assault.
verb
To disturb.