Brash vs Unabashed - What's the difference?
brash | unabashed |
impetuous or rash
insensitive or tactless
impudent or shameless
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Broken fragments of ice.
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
Not disconcerted or embarrassed.
*1866 , ,
*:For the third time Allan looked at his lawyer. And for the third time his lawyer looked back at him quite unabashed .
*1919 , ",
*:Armed with her utter faith in the goodness she must stand unabashed before the arrogance that scoffs at the power of spirit.
That are not concealed or disguised, or not eliciting shame.
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*1920 , ,
*:; a balance not artfully calculated, as her tears and her falterings showed, but resulting naturally from her unabashed sincerity.
As adjectives the difference between brash and unabashed
is that brash is impetuous or rash or brash can be (us|colloquial|dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables while unabashed is not disconcerted or embarrassed.As a noun brash
is leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.brash
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en-adj)- (Grose)
Noun
- (Lyell)
- (Kane)
Derived terms
* water brash * weaning brashEtymology 2
Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.Adjective
(en-adj)- (Bartlett)