Antonyms for brassy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bras-ee, brah-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si

Definition of brassy

Origin : "impudent," 1570s, from brass + -y (2). Cf. brazen. Sense of "debased and pretentious" is from 1580s, from brass as contrasted with gold; sense of "strident and artificial" is from 1865. Related: Brassily; brassiness.

adj vulgar, loud to the senses

Example sentences :

The morning of the election the sun heaved up on a brassy sky.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

No, I think not, for Brassy prescribed for himself and I administered the medicine.
Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham

Thank you, Brassy, but I do not care to accept your services.
Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham

For a moment the bold, brassy look was gone from her face, like a mask that had slipped.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

I shall play my brassy spoon, Purnell, the one with the yellow head.
Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris

You will hardly get it away with a brassy; if I were you I should play my niblick.
Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris

Flint scowled at the oily, heaving rolls, brassy and dazzling.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

Did you hear anything about a party in which Brassy Bangs was interested?
Extract from : « The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer

Brassy set his teeth and swung the bat with a do-or-dare expression.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer

“We came from the other end of the cave, Brassy,” answered Jack.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer

Synonyms for brassy

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