Brassy
/ˈbɹæs.i/ adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”). alt-of, alternative
- 2 Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Adjective
- 1 Resembling brass.
"The cup had a brassy color."
- 2 Impudent; impudently bold. informal
"Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!"
- 3 Unfeeling; pitiless.
- 4 Harsh in tone.
"an organ stop with a brassy tone"
Adjective
- 1 unrestrained by convention or propriety wordnet
- 2 tastelessly showy wordnet
- 3 resembling the sound of a brass instrument wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).
Etymology 2
From brass + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns).
Etymology 3
Uncertain.