What is "brassy" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does brassy mean in English? Meaning of brassy definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "brassy" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "brassy": resembling the sound of a brass instrument

Adjective

  • Meaning: resembling the sound of a brass instrument
  • Synonyms: brasslike brassy
  • Meaning of "brassy": tastelessly showy

    Adjective

  • Meaning: tastelessly showy
  • Example: a flash car a flashy ring garish colors a gaudy costume loud sport shirts a meretricious yet stylish book tawdry ornaments
  • Synonyms: brassy cheap flash flashy garish gaudy gimcrack loud meretricious tacky tatty tawdry trashy
  • Similar: tasteless
  • Meaning of "brassy": unrestrained by convention or propriety

    Adjective

  • Meaning: unrestrained by convention or propriety
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: audacious bald-faced barefaced bodacious brassy brazen brazen-faced insolent
  • Similar: unashamed
  • Adjective: Resembling brass. The cup had a brassy color.(informal) Impudent; impudently bold. Don't get brassy with me, young lady!
  • Synonyms:

    brash, bold, blaring, gaudy, rude, piercing, jazzy, flashy, jarring, shrill, arrant, barefaced, blatant, brazen, flirtatious, forward, garish, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, pert, saucy, shameless, showy, strident, unabashed, unblushing, overbold,

    Antonyms:

    careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, afraid, fearful, weak, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated, smooth, low, soft, humble,

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