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The old process of social assimilation used to be mainly about English new money - generated in London, the mucky, brassy North or the colonies - buying those houses and restoring them, and doing the three-generation thing, mouldering into the landscape, and the 'community,' identifying with the place in a familiar way.
Peter York

Meaning of "brassy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRASSY

brassy  [ˈbrɑːsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRASSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brassy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BRASSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of brassy in the English dictionary

The first definition of brassy in the dictionary is insolent; brazen. Other definition of brassy is flashy; showy. Brassy is also harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRASSY


Adivasi
ˈɑːdɪˌvɑːsɪ
arsey
ˈɑːsɪ
arsy
ˈɑːsɪ
chaprassi
tʃʌˈprɑːsɪ
classy
ˈklɑːsɪ
dalasi
dəˈlɑːsɪ
darcy
ˈdɑːsɪ
farcy
ˈfɑːsɪ
glassy
ˈɡlɑːsɪ
grassy
ˈɡrɑːsɪ
Likasi
lɪˈkɑːsɪ
sanyasi
sʌnˈjɑːsɪ
unclassy
ʌnˈklɑːsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRASSY

brassage
brassard
brassart
brassbound
brassed off
brasserie
brassfounder
brassfounding
brassica
brassicaceous
brassie
brassier
brassiere
brassies
brassiest
brassily
brassiness
brassish
brassware
brat

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRASSY

ambassy
ampassy
bassy
Christmassy
embassy
gassy
Jassy
massy
morassy
Passy
sassy
Tassy

Synonyms and antonyms of brassy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRASSY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «brassy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of brassy

Translation of «brassy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRASSY

Find out the translation of brassy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brassy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brassy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黄铜色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brassy
570 millions of speakers

English

brassy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तांबे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نحاسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

медный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brassy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিত্তলবৎ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cuivré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brassy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blechern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厚かましい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

놋쇠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brassy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự phụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

brassy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पितळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

d´ottone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezczelny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мідний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nerușinat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναιδής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbeschaamd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brassy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brassy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brassy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRASSY»

The term «brassy» is regularly used and occupies the 84.661 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRASSY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brassy

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4 QUOTES WITH «BRASSY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brassy.
1
Brian Mulroney
And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.
2
Annie Parisse
I'm usually cast as the sassy, brassy best friend.
3
Robert Taylor
With young people, it's how brassy and flashy can you be. But you get a bit older, it's about how restrained can you be. You have to feel it all, think it all, but you don't have to play it - it's just gotta be there, and if the story's good and the script's good, people will see it.
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Peter York
The old process of social assimilation used to be mainly about English new money - generated in London, the mucky, brassy North or the colonies - buying those houses and restoring them, and doing the three-generation thing, mouldering into the landscape, and the 'community,' identifying with the place in a familiar way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRASSY»

Discover the use of brassy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brassy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brassy the Fire Engine Saves the City
Then things began to change, and Brassy noticed that he was no longer placed right up front to fight the flames. Instead, the fire chief kept him off to the side, and put newer and bigger fire engines up front. At one fire, Brassy was doing a very ...
Dennis Smith, 2005
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Fishes of the Middle Savannah River Basin: With Emphasis on ...
DESCRIPTION Except where otherwise noted, the following description of the poorly known brassy jumprock summarizes information from Jenkins and Burkhead 1993, in which it is described under the common name "smallfin redhorse" ...
Barton C. Marcy, 2005
3
The Fishes of Alberta
[Hybo gnathus: protuberant jaw; hankinsoni: after Dr. T.L. Hankinson, an ichthyologist] Description Color: Olive-green dorsally, brassy-yellow to dull silvery laterally. Darkish lateral band extending from gill cover to tail, often indistinct anteriorly.
Joseph S. Nelson, Martin Joseph Paetz, 1992
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Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina
The head of the striped jumprock is wider than deep while the brassy jumprock's is deeper than wide, and the head depth of the striped jumprock at the occiput goes 3 or more times into the predorsal length as opposed to 2.5-2.9 for the brassy ...
‎2009
5
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
cried Mr. Brassy Brown, poking his head, enveloped in a cotton uightcap, out at an upper •window. "Brassy, it's me," responded Mary. " The gate's locked." " You ! " echoed Brassy. " What brings you here, knocking people up at this time of night  ...
Frank Leslie, 1886
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The American Magazine
Was it her fancy ? Mary thought she saw a low, dark J form creep from the midst of the garden toward the back door. She shook the gate again. " Who the deuce is that ?" cried Mr. Brassy Brown, poking his head, enveloped in a cotton nightcap , ...
7
Devon Herd Book
Miniature 2nd (20024), B.C., steered; sire, Pound Lord Brassy 6th (5623). „ 24. . Lilac (20022), C.C.; sire, Pound Lord Brassy 6th (5623). ,, 26. Laurel (18616), B.C.; sire, Pound Lord Brassy 6th (5623); Cœsar. ,, 28. Daisy 13th (19431), B.C.,  ...
John Tanner Davey, 1908
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Davy's Devon Herd Book Containing the Ages and Pedigrees of ...
Miniature 2nd (20024), B.C., steered; sire, Pound Lord Brassy 6th (5623). ,, 24. Lilac (20022), C.C. ; sire, Pound Lord Brassy 6th (5623). ,, 26. Laurel (18616), B.C. ; sire, Pound Lord Brassy 6th (5623) ; Casar. ,, 28. Daisy 13th (19431), B.C.,  ...
Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, John Tanner Davy, 1908
9
Illustrations of British Entomology, Or a Synopsis of ...
Above generally bright green-brass, the head and thorax very smooth and glossy , the latter obsoletely wrinkled, with two narrow, deeply impressed, parallel foveae at the base on each side, the interior one largest : elytra shining brassy- green ...
James Francis Stephens, 1828
10
A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a ...
Flat; brassy- black : thorax faintly wrinkled transversely, with a slight fovea on each side at the base ; elytra deep blue-black, faintly striated, the stria; obscurely punctate, and extending to the tip, the 3d with 2 impressions ; femora brassy ; tibiae, ...
James Francis Stephens, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRASSY»

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Trombone Shorty, with help from Mystikal, rocked the big stage at …
They broke out a brassy cover of Kool & the Gang's "Get Down On It," followed by a conga-heavy reading of their own "On Your Way Down. «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
2
Cinema review: Ted 2
... fur ball companion Ted (voiced by McFarlane) poised to walk down the aisle with a brassy checkout girl called Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth). «Warrington Guardian, Jul 15»
3
The World Goes Round
By turns gritty and witty, racy and raunchy, the brassy melodic riches of Kander's music are always offset by the intricate wordplay of Ebb, both ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
4
A Foo Fighters concert, Shakespeare in High Park and seven other …
The show features a triumphantly brassy score co-written by Alan Menken (of Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid fame). Wednesday, July ... «Toronto Life, Jul 15»
5
Big band sound to be back in Capron Park for annual Ray Conniff …
The band's repertoire and brassy composition harken back to the swing era of the 1940s and 50s that gave the world Glenn Miller and Benny ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Barrington Stage Adds Performances of Alysha Umphress …
"Boasting a brassy, sassy, dramatic-mezzo, Umphress has one of those rare instruments that can conquer any genre of music...with an ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
7
He Said/She Said: The Academy asked, we answer
... tough as nails, never met an ass she wouldn't attempt to kick, yet caring and vulnerable too — but I'm nowhere near as brassy and ass-kicky. «TV, eh?, Jul 15»
8
Sacred Heart Mission to Host Annual Fundraiser in September
The Meltdown: It's a bold, brassy, twangy steam train of bumping backbeats and swinging shuffles. Soul, but country too and something else ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
9
They Might Be Giants
... Pants Band on his own kids' album, No School Today) and Flansburgh's brassy and immensely talented wife, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser. «Soundblab, Jul 15»
10
Theatre review: Can't Forget About You
... of a woman, incandescently ranting against Martha's atheism, as Rebecca becomes a cheerfully brassy co-conspirator with her wee brother. «The List, Jul 15»

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