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brasher

brasher is the comparative form of brash.

Meaning of brash

Adjective (1)

brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash)

  1. 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
  2. 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.1905, Andy Adams, chapter 2, in The Outlet, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, page 22
    Synonyms:
    foolhardy, reckless
  3. Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
    • brash colours

Adjective (2)

brash (comparative brasher or more brash, superlative brashest or most brash)

  1. (US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
    • Hickory axles […] all cut from tough butt logs. Brash timber is excluded.1886, The Lumberman's Hand Book, page 24

See all 12 meanings of brash

Proper noun capitalized: Brasher

Brasher (countable and uncountable, plural Brashers)

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States, named after the landowner.

Forms of brasher

pluralBrashers

Words formed from brasher

Phrases with brasher

Questions about brasher

What does brasher mean?
Brasher means a surname from Old French.
What is brasher the comparative form of?
Brasher is the comparative form of brash.
What part of speech is brasher?
Brasher is a proper noun.

Words near brasher in the dictionary

  1. brash
  2. brash ice
  3. Brashear
  4. Brashears
  5. brashed
  6. brasher
  7. Brasher doubloon
  8. Brasher doubloons
  9. Brashers
  10. brashes
  11. brashest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brasher (page history and authors); Brasher (page history and authors); brash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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