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brassy
brass·y 1 B0457600 (brăs′ē)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.
brass′i·ly adv.brass′i·ness n.
brass·y 2 B0457600 (brăs′ē)n. Variant of brassie.brassy (ˈbrɑːsɪ) adj, brassier or brassiest1. insolent; brazen2. flashy; showy3. (of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument4. like brass, esp in colour5. decorated with or made of brass6. a variant spelling of brassie ˈbrassily adv ˈbrassiness nbrass•y (ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si)
adj. brass•i•er, brass•i•est. 1. made of or covered with brass. 2. resembling brass, as in color. 3. harsh and metallic: brassy tones. 4. brazen; bold. 5. noisy; clamorous; loud. [1570–80] brass′i•ly, adv. brass′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | brassy - resembling the sound of a brass instrumentbrasslike | | 2. |  brassy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tattytasteless - 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 Russellbrazen, brazen-faced, insolent, audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodaciousunashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame |
brassyadjective1. 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 wife3. 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 downbrassyadjective1. Informal. Rude and disrespectful:assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.Informal: flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.Slang: wise.2. Informal. Characterized by or done without shame:bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing.Translationsbrass (braːs) noun1. an alloy of copper and zinc. This plate is made of brass; (also adjective) a brass door-knocker. 黃銅 黄铜2. wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal. 銅管樂器 铜管乐器ˈbrassy adjective 黃銅色的，像銅管樂器聲的 似黄铜的brass band a band of players of (mainly) brass wind instruments. 銅管樂隊 铜管乐队brass neck shameless cheek or impudence. After breaking off the engagement she had the brass neck to keep the ring. 厚臉皮 厚脸皮get down to brass tacks to deal with basic principles or matters. Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks. 言歸正傳 谈要点，触及问题的核心 EncyclopediaSeebrassFinancialSeeBrassbrassy
Related to brassy: brassy coughSynonyms for brassyadj stridentSynonyms- strident
- loud
- harsh
- piercing
- jarring
- noisy
- grating
- raucous
- blaring
- shrill
- jangling
- dissonant
- cacophonous
adj brazenSynonyms- brazen
- forward
- bold
- brash
- saucy
- pushy
- pert
- insolent
- impudent
- loud-mouthed
- barefaced
adj flashySynonyms- flashy
- loud
- blatant
- vulgar
- gaudy
- garish
- jazzy
- showy
- obtrusive
Antonyms- quiet
- modest
- restrained
- discreet
- subdued
- played down
- low-key
- understated
- toned down
Synonyms for brassyadj rude and disrespectfulSynonyms- assuming
- assumptive
- audacious
- bold
- boldfaced
- brash
- brazen
- cheeky
- contumelious
- familiar
- forward
- impertinent
- impudent
- insolent
- malapert
- nervy
- overconfident
- pert
- presuming
- presumptuous
- pushy
- sassy
- saucy
- smart
- flip
- fresh
- smart-alecky
- snippety
- snippy
- uppish
- uppity
- wise
adj characterized by or done without shameSynonyms- bald-faced
- barefaced
- blatant
- brazen
- brazenfaced
- shameless
- unabashed
- unblushing
Synonyms for brassyadj resembling the sound of a brass instrumentSynonymsadj tastelessly showySynonyms- flash
- flashy
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- tawdry
- trashy
- cheap
- loud
- meretricious
- tacky
- tatty
Related Wordsadj unrestrained by convention or proprietySynonyms- brazen
- brazen-faced
- insolent
- audacious
- bald-faced
- barefaced
- bodacious
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