brassy

brassy
brassy [adj] vulgar, loud to the senses arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing; concepts 401,589,592,594 —Ant. careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent

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  • Brassy — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Brassy puede referirse a Brassy, comuna francesa situada en Nièvre. Brassy, comuna francesa situada en Somme. Obtenido de Brassy Categoría: Wikipedia:Desambiguación …   Wikipedia Español

  • Brassy — may refer to: *Brassy, Somme, a French municipality in the région of Picardie *Brassy, Nièvre, a French municipality in the région of Bourgogne *Brassy (band), a British band …   Wikipedia

  • Brassy — ist der Name mehrerer französischer Gemeinden: Brassy (Nièvre) Brassy (Somme) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Brassy — Brass y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass. [1913 Webster] 2. Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brassy — Brass y, n. [Written also {brassie} and {brassey}.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brassy — index pretentious (ostentatious) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • brassy — (adj.) impudent, 1570s, from BRASS (Cf. brass) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Cf. BRAZEN (Cf. brazen). Sense of debased and pretentious is from 1580s, from brass as contrasted with gold; sense of strident and artificial is from 1865. Related: Brassily;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • brassy — ► ADJECTIVE (brassier, brassiest) 1) resembling brass in colour. 2) harsh or blaring like a brass instrument. 3) tastelessly showy or loud …   English terms dictionary

  • brassy — [bras′ē] adj. brassier, brassiest 1. of or decorated with brass 2. like brass, as in color 3. cheap and showy 4. loud and blaring 5. impudent; brazen brassily adv. brassiness n …   English World dictionary

  • brassy — [[t]brɑ͟ːsi, bræ̱si[/t]] brassier, brassiest 1) ADJ GRADED Brassy music is bold, harsh, and loud. Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners. 2) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a woman s appearance or her behaviour as brassy,… …   English dictionary

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