Brassy is an English word with synonyms like tawdry or tatty. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Brassy in a sentence
Brassy meaning
- Resembling brass.
- Impudent; impudently bold.
- Unfeeling; pitiless.
Synonyms of Brassy
Using Brassy
- The main meaning on this page is: Resembling brass. | Impudent; impudently bold. | Unfeeling; pitiless.
- Useful related words include: brasslike, tawdry, tatty, tacky.
- In the example corpus, brassy often appears in combinations such as: and brassy, the brassy, brassy sound.
Context around Brassy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brassy
- In this selection, "brassy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, erotic, sleazy, stridently, lawyer, yet and blond stand out and add context to how "brassy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and more brassy and brilliant and and stridently brassy sound. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brassy" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brassy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Those brassy tunes whose words "Go! (6 words)
Click to read “The Brassy Music Man Returns to Broadway”. (10 words)
Maudre is blonde and brassy, but with a definite soft side. (11 words)
The sleazy, brassy invitation of Big Spender can seldom have carried such chest-thumping heft, the hostesses so close they can shame you with a cold stare even as they ostensibly come on to you. (35 words)
The sounds that came from the Anchorage Performing Arts Center this weekend were bright and brassy — yet, very, very low and deep, which is what you would expect from a room full of tubas. (34 words)
Timing aside, there’s the challenge of deciphering and recreating a show’s appeal, especially one led by a brassy personality like Barr and the strong viewpoint she brings to her work. (32 words)
Those brassy tunes whose words "Go! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Instead, he chooses a brassy lawyer who advertises on TV like a used car salesman.
The sounds that came from the Anchorage Performing Arts Center this weekend were bright and brassy — yet, very, very low and deep, which is what you would expect from a room full of tubas.
Brassy blond and in too-tight clothing, Eva is an oddity, difficult to place: an outlier in this neatly ordered middle-class world.
But while purple shampoos and conditioners can neutralise these brassy tones, John Frieda’s go blonder range boosts shine, softness and makes strands brighter without looking like a witches brew.
The film stars an electric Mikey Madison as the titular heroine, better known as “Ani,” whose brassy exterior belies an earnest yearning for an easier life.
Those brassy tunes whose words "Go!
Click to read “The Brassy Music Man Returns to Broadway”.
Daisy Hilton is the brassy, confident, sister, while Violet Hilton is the vulnerable, emotional sister.
Stacked Like Pancakes, a band known for its strong sound and brassy undertones, was born.
There is a Hebrew political culture for both, but only the latter Hebrew is self-ironising, playfully anglicised – erotic, brassy, metaphorical, mischievous.
The sleazy, brassy invitation of Big Spender can seldom have carried such chest-thumping heft, the hostesses so close they can shame you with a cold stare even as they ostensibly come on to you.
Timing aside, there’s the challenge of deciphering and recreating a show’s appeal, especially one led by a brassy personality like Barr and the strong viewpoint she brings to her work.
Bond, 152. McCarthy expanded his brassy style for the film's action sequences, such as the battle over Veridian III and the crash-landing of the Enterprise.
Cited by Michael E. Marti in China and the Legacy of Deng Xiaoping, p. 19, Brassy's Inc., United States, 2002.
Cuivre instructs a brass player to produce a forced and stridently brassy sound.
He loved her loud, brassy voice and wrote many numbers that featured her strengths.
Janet is a "brassy girl reporter", a dynamic character with a sense of autonomy.
Maudre is blonde and brassy, but with a definite soft side.
Most national anthems are pompous, brassy, ceremonious, but this is genuinely thrilling.
This mouthpiece switch makes the mellophone louder, less mellow, and more brassy and brilliant, making it more appropriate for marching bands.
Common combinations with brassy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: