brassy meaning

UK US /ˈbræsi/ 2 syllables

brassy (adjective): resembling the sound of a brass instrument.

brassy has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

brassy as an adjective

  1. resembling the sound of a brass instrument

    Synonyms: brasslike

    Related forms: brass

  2. tastelessly showy
    • a flash car
    • a flashy ring
    • garish colors
    • a gaudy costume
    • loud sport shirts
    • a meretricious yet stylish book
    • tawdry ornaments

    Synonyms: cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

    Similar: tasteless

  3. unrestrained by convention or propriety
    • an audacious trick to pull
    • a barefaced hypocrite
    • the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
    • bald-faced lies
    • brazen arrogance
    • the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress

    Synonyms: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent

    Similar: unashamed

    Related forms: brass

How to pronounce brassy

brassy is pronounced /ˈbræsi/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with brassy

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with BR · words ending in SY · 6-letter words

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