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adjective
- 1. resembling brass in colour: "the last rays of the sun were brassy and chill"
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BRASSY definition: 1. like brass in colour, or too bright: 2. loud and unpleasant: 3. used to describe a woman who…. Learn more.
1. a. : shamelessly bold. a brassy reporter. b. : obstreperous. 2. : resembling brass especially in color. 3. : resembling the sound of a brass instrument. brassily. ˈbra-sə-lē. adverb. brassiness. ˈbra-sē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. arch. audacious. bold-faced. brash.
Brassy definition: made of or covered with brass. . See examples of BRASSY used in a sentence.
brassy meaning: 1. like brass in colour, or too bright: 2. loud and unpleasant: 3. used to describe a woman who…. Learn more.
If you describe someone's appearance or behaviour as brassy, you think that they do not have good taste, and that they dress or behave in a way that is too loud or vulgar. [ disapproval ] ...his brassy new girlfriend.
Definition of brassy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
brassy. ( ˈbrɑːsɪ) adj, 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.
adjective. tastelessly showy. synonyms: cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glitzy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy. tasteless. lacking aesthetic or social taste. adjective. unrestrained by convention or propriety.
harsh-sounding and too loud: brassy notes. loud, too bold, or harsh in manners; brazen: his brassy manner at the interview. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023. brass•y1 (bras′ ē, brä′ sē), adj., brass•i•er, brass•i•est. made of or covered with brass.
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