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单词 brassy
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brassy


brass·y 1

B0457600 (brăs′ē)adj. brass·i·er, brass·i·est 1. Made of or decorated with brass.2. Resembling brass, as in color.3. Music Resembling or characterized by the sound of brass instruments: "The band was now playing some brassy march" (Robert Penn Warren).4. Cheap and showy; flashy.5. Informal Brazen; insolent.
brass′i·ly adv.brass′i·ness n.

brass·y 2

B0457600 (brăs′ē)n. Variant of brassie.

brassy

(ˈbrɑːsɪ) adj, brassier or brassiest1. insolent; brazen2. flashy; showy3. (of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument4. like brass, esp in colour5. decorated with or made of brass6. a variant spelling of brassie ˈbrassily adv ˈbrassiness n

brass•y

(ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si)

adj. brass•i•er, brass•i•est. 1. made of or covered with brass. 2. resembling brass, as in color. 3. harsh and metallic: brassy tones. 4. brazen; bold. 5. noisy; clamorous; loud. [1570–80] brass′i•ly, adv. brass′i•ness, n.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.brassy - resembling the sound of a brass instrumentbrasslike
2.brassy - tastelessly showybrassy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tattytasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
3.brassy - unrestrained by convention or proprietybrassy - unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russellbrazen, brazen-faced, insolent, audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodaciousunashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame

brassy

adjective1. strident, loud, harsh, piercing, jarring, noisy, grating, raucous, blaring, shrill, jangling, dissonant, cacophonous Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners.2. brazen, forward, bold, brash, saucy, pushy (informal), pert, insolent, impudent, loud-mouthed, barefaced Alec and his brassy blonde wife3. flashy, loud, blatant, vulgar, gaudy, garish, jazzy (informal), showy, obtrusive A woman with big brassy ear-rings
flashy quiet, modest, restrained, discreet, subdued, played down, low-key, understated, toned down

brassy

adjective1. Informal. Rude and disrespectful:assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.Informal: flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.Slang: wise.2. Informal. Characterized by or done without shame:bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing.
Translations
似黄铜的

brass

(braːs) noun1. an alloy of copper and zinc. This plate is made of brass; (also adjective) a brass door-knocker. 黃銅 黄铜2. wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal. 銅管樂器 铜管乐器ˈbrassy adjective 黃銅色的,像銅管樂器聲的 似黄铜的brass band a band of players of (mainly) brass wind instruments. 銅管樂隊 铜管乐队brass neck shameless cheek or impudence. After breaking off the engagement she had the brass neck to keep the ring. 厚臉皮 厚脸皮get down to brass tacks to deal with basic principles or matters. Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks. 言歸正傳 谈要点,触及问题的核心
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brassy


Related to brassy: brassy cough
  • adj

Synonyms for brassy

adj strident

Synonyms

  • strident
  • loud
  • harsh
  • piercing
  • jarring
  • noisy
  • grating
  • raucous
  • blaring
  • shrill
  • jangling
  • dissonant
  • cacophonous

adj brazen

Synonyms

  • brazen
  • forward
  • bold
  • brash
  • saucy
  • pushy
  • pert
  • insolent
  • impudent
  • loud-mouthed
  • barefaced

adj flashy

Synonyms

  • flashy
  • loud
  • blatant
  • vulgar
  • gaudy
  • garish
  • jazzy
  • showy
  • obtrusive

Antonyms

  • quiet
  • modest
  • restrained
  • discreet
  • subdued
  • played down
  • low-key
  • understated
  • toned down

Synonyms for brassy

adj rude and disrespectful

Synonyms

  • assuming
  • assumptive
  • audacious
  • bold
  • boldfaced
  • brash
  • brazen
  • cheeky
  • contumelious
  • familiar
  • forward
  • impertinent
  • impudent
  • insolent
  • malapert
  • nervy
  • overconfident
  • pert
  • presuming
  • presumptuous
  • pushy
  • sassy
  • saucy
  • smart
  • flip
  • fresh
  • smart-alecky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • uppish
  • uppity
  • wise

adj characterized by or done without shame

Synonyms

  • bald-faced
  • barefaced
  • blatant
  • brazen
  • brazenfaced
  • shameless
  • unabashed
  • unblushing

Synonyms for brassy

adj resembling the sound of a brass instrument

Synonyms

  • brasslike

adj tastelessly showy

Synonyms

  • flash
  • flashy
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gimcrack
  • tawdry
  • trashy
  • cheap
  • loud
  • meretricious
  • tacky
  • tatty

Related Words

  • tasteless

adj unrestrained by convention or propriety

Synonyms

  • brazen
  • brazen-faced
  • insolent
  • audacious
  • bald-faced
  • barefaced
  • bodacious

Related Words

  • unashamed
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