Associations to the word «Brassier»
Adverb
Wiktionary
BRASSY, adjective. Resembling brass.
BRASSY, adjective. (informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
BRASSY, noun. Same as brassie
Dictionary definition
BRASSY, adjective. Resembling the sound of a brass instrument.
BRASSY, adjective. Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments".
BRASSY, adjective. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.