brassy

Definition of Brassy in English :

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Adjective

1. brasslike, brassy

resembling the sound of a brass instrument

brasslike

2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

tastelessly showy

Example Sentences:
'a flash car'
'a flashy ring'
'garish colors'
'a gaudy costume'
'loud sport shirts'
'a meretricious yet stylish book'
'tawdry ornaments'

3. audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent

unrestrained by convention or propriety

Example Sentences:
'an audacious trick to pull'
'a barefaced hypocrite'
'the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim'
'bald-faced lies'
'brazen arrogance'
'the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brassy

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adjectiveWord forms: brassier or brassiest

1.

insolent; brazen

2.

flashy; showy

3.

(of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument

4.

like brass, esp in colour

5.

decorated with or made of brass

6. a variant spelling of brassie

Brassy

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈbrassier or ˈbrassiest

1.

of or decorated with brass

2.

like brass, as in color

3.

cheap and showy

4.

loud and blaring

5.

impudent; brazen

Brassy

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adj. brass·i·er, brass·i·est

1. Made of or decorated with brass.

2. Resembling brass, as in color.

3. Music Resembling or characterized by the sound of brass instruments: "The band was now playing some brassy march" (Robert Penn Warren).

4. Cheap and showy; flashy.

5. Informal Brazen; insolent.

n.

Variant of brassie.

n. pl. brass·ies

A golf club with a brass-plated sole and a wooden head, used for long low shots; a two wood.

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