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brassy

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brass·y 1  (brs)
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.

brassi·ly adv.
brassi·ness n.

brass·y 2  (brs)
n.
Variant of brassie.

brassy [ˈbrɑːsɪ]
adj brassier, 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
brassily  adv
brassiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.brassy - resembling the sound of a brass instrument
2.brassybrassy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
3.brassy - 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
unashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame

brassy
adjective
1. strident, loud, harsh, piercing, jarring, noisy, grating, raucous, blaring, shrill, jangling, dissonant, cacophonous Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners.
2. brazen, forward, bold, brash, saucy, pushy (informal), pert, insolent, impudent, loud-mouthed, barefaced Alec and his brassy blonde wife
3. flashy, loud, blatant, vulgar, gaudy, garish, jazzy (informal), showy, obtrusive A woman with big brassy ear-rings
flashy quiet, modest, restrained, discreet, subdued, played down, low-key, understated, toned down
Translations
brassy [ˈbrɑːsɪ] ADJ (brassier (compar) (brassiest (superl)))
1. (= like brass) (in colour) → dorado, de color dorado; (= cheap) → ordinario
2. (= harsh) [sound] → estridente; (= metallic) → metálico
3. [person] → descarado
brassy [ˈbrɑːsi ˈbræsi ˈbrɑːsi] adj
[music] → assourdissant(e)
[woman] → provocant(e)
(= metallic) → doré(e)
bra strap nbretelle f de soutien-gorge
brassy
adj (+er)
metalmessingartig; hair, blondemessingfarben; soundblechern
(inf, = impudent) → frech, dreist
(pej: = flashy) womanaufgedonnert (pej inf)
brassy [ˈbraːsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (voice, sound) → squillante; (colour) → chiassoso/a (pej) (tone) → insolente; (woman) → appariscente
brassy [ˈbraːsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (voice, sound) → squillante; (colour) → chiassoso/a (pej) (tone) → insolente; (woman) → appariscente


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