brassy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈbɹɑː.si/
(UK)
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/ˈbɹɑː.si/ (UK) · /ˈbɹæs.i/ (UK) · /ˈbɹæs.i/ (US) · /ˈbɹæs.i/
Definition of brassy
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Resembling brass.
“The cup had a brassy color.”
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adj
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Resembling brass.
“The cup had a brassy color.”
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(informal)Impudent; impudently bold.
“Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!”
“There's more than one way to declare independence, after all, and whereas Beyoncé announced hers with a brassy single, Ashanti tucks a similar spirit into every not-quite-heartbroken lyric.”
- Unfeeling; pitiless.
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Harsh in tone.
“an organ stop with a brassy tone”
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).
- Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).
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