What does brassy mean?

Definitions for brassy
ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ sibrassy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brassy, brasslikeadjective

    resembling the sound of a brass instrument

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

    tastelessly showy

    "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

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

    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

Wiktionary

  1. brassynoun

    Same as brassie

  2. brassyadjective

    Resembling brass.

    The cup had a brassy color.

  3. brassyadjective

    Impudent; impudently bold.

    Don't get brassy with me, young lady!

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Brassyadjective

    Etymology: from brass.

    The part in which they lie, is near black, with some sparks of a brassy pyrites in it. John Woodward.

    Losses,
    Enough to press a royal merchant down,
    And pluck commiseration of his state
    From brassy bosoms, and rough hearts of flint. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. brassy

    Brassy is an adjective often used to describe a loud, harsh, metallic sound, similar to that of a brass instrument. It can also refer to bold and showy behavior characterized by self-confidence, assertiveness, or audacity. Additionally, in a visual context, it describes a bright yellow color similar to polished brass.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brassyadjective

    of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass

  2. Brassyadjective

    impudent; impudently bold

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Entomology

  1. Brassy

    yellow, with the lustre of metallic brass.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brassy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brassy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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