1
[ adjective ] resembling the sound of a brass instrument

Synonyms

brasslike

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

The penalty for this is noticeable in the big , bold , brilliant , but brassy piano sounds in Melody_and_Percussion_for_Two_Pianos ( SP 44007 ) .

Related terms

brass brass

2
[ adjective ] tastelessly showy

Synonyms

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

Examples

"a flash car" "a flashy ring" "garish colors" "a gaudy costume" "loud sport shirts" "a meretricious yet stylish book" "tawdry ornaments"

Related terms

tasteless

3
[ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or propriety

Synonyms

brazen insolent bold-faced barefaced brazen-faced bodacious audacious

Examples

"an audacious trick to pull" "a barefaced hypocrite" "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times "bold-faced lies" "brazen arrogance"

Related terms

unashamed

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Rhymes with

assay grassy lassie cassie sassy chassis classy glassy tallahassee profligacy efficacy

Phonetic and Homophones

B R AE1 S IY0

Similar Spelling

brass Bruss Bross briss brushy Brosky brassie Breakey Brassia Brissey Bris Brees brash Brase braga brisk broca Brose Brosh brusa brush brusk Bruso break Brousseau Brasch braky Bryce Breaux Bresee Bressi Brisco Briski broach breach Bracy

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