BRASSY


Meaning of BRASSY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ brɑ:si, bræsi ]

( brassier, brassiest)

1.

Brassy music is bold, harsh, and loud.

Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners.

ADJ

2.

If you describe a woman’s appearance or her behaviour as brassy , you think that she does not have good taste, and that she dresses or behaves in a way that is too loud or vulgar.

...Alec and his brassy blonde wife...

ADJ [ disapproval ]

3.

Something that is brassy has a yellow metallic colour and sometimes looks cheap.

A woman with big brassy ear-rings.

ADJ

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