brassedadj.
/brɑːst/, /brast/, U.S. /bræst/ 1. Made of, or overlaid with brass: also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > brass
brazena1000
brasseda1300
brassy1582
brazed1582
brassish1774
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless
shamelessc897
unshamefasta1100
unshamedc1384
unshamefulc1430
unshamousa1500
unshamefaceda1533
unshameless1555
blushless1566
brazen-faced1571
brazen1573
bashless1578
brassy1596
foreheaded16..
foreheadlessa1603
frontless1607
browless1615
basilisco-proof1649
inverecund1657
perfrict1660
brazen-broweda1682
barefaced1704
cool1723
unblushing1736
brassed1742
inerubescent1788
bald-faced1836
bronzed1841
brazen-fronted1842
brazed1884
a1300 E.E. Psalter cvi[i]. 16 Yhates [that] brased ware, And slottes irened.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvii. 425 Both cast Dry solid hides upon their necks, exceeding soundly brast.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 173 None so brassed, in this Kind, as demure Pretenders, who complain of Popery and arbitrary Power.
2. With off: disgruntled, ‘fed up’, ‘browned off’. slang (originally Services' slang).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective]
irk1303
tedious1430
irksome1435
irked1513
ennuyé1757
seccatored1763
yawny1805
bored1823
used up1839
yawnish1855
fed up1900
fed to the (back) teeth1921
browned off1938
brassed1941
cheesed1941
chocker1942
pissy1962
1941 J. Sommerfield in Penguin New Writing 8 46 I'm brassed off waiting.
1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta 12 Very tired and brassed off, we bundled our kit on our shoulders.
1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days x. 158 I thought you was brassed off!
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