adj
Meaning 1
Resembling brass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cup had a brassy color.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brassy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, General-South-African, New-Zealand, UK: /ˈbɹɑː.si/
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Australian, General-South-African, New-Zealand, UK: /ˈbɹæs.i/
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Canada, US: brăsʹē
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Canada, US: /ˈbɹæs.i/
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rhymes with -ɑːsi
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rhymes with -æsi
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brăsʹē
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/ˈbɹæs.i/
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CMU ARPABET: B R AE1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Impudent; impudently bold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Unfeeling; pitiless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 4
Harsh in tone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an organ stop with a brassy tone
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 7
resembling the sound of a brass instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brasslike
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
unrestrained by convention or propriety- Los Angeles Times- Bertrand Russell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
tastelessly showy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).
From brass + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns).
Uncertain.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: messinkimäinen — resembling brass
- Turkish: pirincimsi — resembling brass
- Finnish: koppava — impudently bold
- Plautdietsch: driest — impudently bold