Definition of brassy Brassy

/bɹæˈsi/ - [bratsee] - brass•y

We found 10 definitions of brassy from 5 different sources.

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What does brassy mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

brassy, brassier, brassiest

brassy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
  cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
  tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste
brassy - resembling the sound of a brass instrument
  brasslike
brassy - unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
  audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
  unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • brassy (Noun)
    Same as brassie.
  • brassy (Adjective)
    Resembling brass.
  • brassy (Adjective)
    Impudent; impudently bold.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • brassy (a.)
    Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
  • brassy (a.)
    Impudent; impudently bold.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • brassy
    Unrestrained by convention or propriety.

Part of speech

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  • brassy, noun, singular of brassies.
  • brassy, adjective.

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