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词汇 brashness
释义 brashness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈbræʃ.nəs/ us /ˈbræʃ.nəs/
behaviour that shows a lot of confidence and not much respect: 无礼、自以为是的行为
He developed a reputation for brashness.他以傲慢著称。
He later confided that his brashness masked his fear of failure.他后来透露,他的鲁莽掩盖了他对失败的恐惧。
He has had to learn how to control his brashness and insensitivity.
This African American woman needed all her brashness and brains to earn a law degree surrounded by white, male peers.
With the enthusiasm and brashness of the young, we believed we knew everything.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
egotistically
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom

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brash

Examples of brashness


brashness
The new building raises an assured profile without the brashness of its neighbouring commercial ventures.
Recent songs celebrate the pleasurable discipline of self-exhaustion with the all [sic] brashness of early disco, unintimidated by the inevitable resonances set off by the epidemic.
There is no question of brashness about this.
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Perhaps they will gain from our freshness and sometimes our brashness of expression.
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It has his imagination, style, zest, dedication, openness, brashness, strength and courage.
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What they do have is an awful lot of front which they flaunt with joyous brashness and a sense of self-parody.
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Using the lyrical brashness of the punk rock movement, without adopting the fashion, their songs were often menacingly sarcastic political statements.
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He is the lead character in the first major story cycle of the novel, in which he epitomises loyalty, strength and justice, but also brashness.
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Rommel is bemused by his brashness and orders that he be treated well.
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The brashness inherent of the faith however, ensured that many of these missions ended disastrously.
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