What does Brassy mean?
Definitions for Brassy
ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ sibrassy
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Princeton's WordNet
brassy, brasslikeadjective
resembling the sound of a brass instrument
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"
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
brassynoun
Same as brassie
brassyadjective
Resembling brass.
The cup had a brassy color.
brassyadjective
Impudent; impudently bold.
Don't get brassy with me, young lady!
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Brassyadjective
of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass
Brassyadjective
impudent; impudently bold
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Entomology
Brassy
yellow, with the lustre of metallic brass.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Brassy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Brassy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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