Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brassy

/ˈbɹɑː.si/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: brassy
IPA: /ˈbɹɑː.si/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling brass.

adj

Impudent; impudently bold.

Informal

adj

Unfeeling; pitiless.

adj

noun

Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).

noun

Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

Example Sentences

"The cup had a brassy color."
"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."
"an organ stop with a brassy tone"

Etymology

From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: brass

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɹɑː.si/
British English: /ˈbɹɑː.si/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

brassier (comparative) brassiest (superlative) brassies (plural)

Derived Forms

brassily brassiness

Frequently Paired Words

brass brazen bronzish bronzy

Synonyms

brassish brazen sassy audacious barefaced bodacious bald-faced brazen-faced insolent

Rhymes With

classy chassis cassie assay grassy sassy tallahassee massey glassy lassie kasey malagasy

Questions

How do you pronounce brassy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɑː.si/.
What does brassy mean?: Resembling brass.
Where does brassy come from?: From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).

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