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brassy definition
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Overview of adj brassy The adj brassy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) brassy, brasslike -- (resembling the sound of a brass instrument) 2. 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. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-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; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell) Antonyms of adj brassy 2 of 3 senses of brassy Sense 2 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy INDIRECT (VIA tasteless) -> tasteful, in good taste Sense 3 audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent INDIRECT (VIA unashamed) -> ashamed Similarity of adj brassy 3 senses of brassy Sense 1 brassy, brasslike Pertains to noun brass (Sense 2) =>brass => wind instrument, wind Sense 2 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy => tasteless (vs. tasteful), in poor taste(prenominal) Sense 3 audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent => unashamed (vs. ashamed) Attributes of adj brassy Familiarity of adj brassy brassy used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj brassy brassy Overview of adj brassy The adj brassy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) brassy, brasslike -- (resembling the sound of a brass instrument) 2. 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. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-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; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell)
brassy definition
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