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 Definitions of brassy  [ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si]  

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Definition of 'brassy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) brassy
made of or covered with brass.

2.  brassy
resembling brass, as in color.

3.  brassy
harsh and metallic:
brassy tones.

4.  brassy
brazen; bold.

5.  brassy
noisy; clamorous; loud.

Etymology:  (1570–80)

Definition of 'brassy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) brassy, brasslike
resembling the sound of a brass instrument

2. (adj) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

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


Definition of 'brassy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) brassy
of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass

2. (adj) brassy
impudent; impudently bold


Translation of 'brassy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal.

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Danish flag Danish: messing- Greek flag Greek: μπρούντζινος Spanish flag Spanish: de latón
Estonian flag Estonian: messing- Farsi flag Farsi: برنجین Finnish flag Finnish: messinkinen
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