Antonyms for brass
bræs, brɑsbrass

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1. brass

   Audacity, in the sense here considered, is a reckless defiance of law, decency, public opinion, or personal rights, claims, or views, approaching the meaning of impudence or shamelessness, but always carrying the thought of the personal risk that one disregards in such defiance; the merely impudent or shameless person may take no thought of consequences; the audacious person recognizes and recklessly braves them. Hardihood defies and disregards the rational judgment of men. Effrontery (Latin effrons, barefaced, shameless) adds to audacity and hardihood the special element of defiance of considerations of propriety, duty, and respect for others, yet not to the extent implied in impudence or shamelessness. Impudence disregards what is due to superiors; shamelessness defies decency. Boldness is forward-stepping courage, spoken of with reference to the presence and observation of others; boldness, in the good sense, is courage viewed from the outside; but the word is frequently used in an unfavorable sense to indicate a lack of proper sensitiveness and modesty. Compare ASSURANCE; BRAVE.

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, sensitiveness, shrinking, shyness, timidity

   Synonyms:
   assurance, audacity, boldness, effrontery, hardihood, impudence, insolence, shamelessness

Matched Categories

1. • Body
   • Copper-base Alloy
   • Decoration
   • Memorial

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brassnoun

   an alloy of copper and zinc

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

2. brass, brass instrumentnoun

   a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

3. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisationnoun

   the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

   "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

   Synonyms:
   brass section, arrangement, constitution, establishment, memorial tablet, organization, judicature, presidency, system, presidential term, face, ecesis, governance, governing body, plaque, governing, disposal, validation, giving medication, government activity, boldness, formation, administration, cheek, brass instrument, government, nerve, organisation, institution

4. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheeknoun

   impudent aggressiveness

   "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

   Synonyms:
   font, look, case, hardiness, nervus, aspect, administration, cheek, strikingness, boldness, fount, buttock, impudence, governing body, hardihood, nerve, plaque, daring, facial expression, brass section, side, organization, grimace, heart, memorial tablet, spunk, face, organisation, mettle, expression, governance, brass instrument, human face, establishment, typeface, impertinence

5. brassnoun

   an ornament or utensil made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

6. brass section, brassnoun

   the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, brass section, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, organisation, brass instrument, administration

7. brass, memorial tablet, plaquenoun

   a memorial made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

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1. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   impudence, insolence, temerity, effrontery, audacity

How to use brass in a sentence?

1. Perry Brass:

   Perry Brass is a pioneer of gay literature," ForeWord Magazine

2. Ethan Miller/Getty Images:

   I used metal picks -- they’re brass and copper -- which I always held in my mouth, in the exact place where I got the tongue cancer, plus, I basically live in a recording studio that’s filled with electromagnetic energy. So that’s one theory. I mean, I was smoking and doing a lot of drugs and a lot of everything. But at the same time, my lungs are totally clear. This is just my own theory, but the doctors say it’s possible.

3. Don Blankenship:

   I have an issue when the father-in-law is a wealthy Chinaperson. There's a lot of connections to some of the brass, if you will, in China.

4. Anthony Neutout:

   He's not a brass polished politician, not a walking mannequin... A lot of candidates, it's like they have multiple personality disorder, rand is very consistent.

5. Sandeep Khandelwal:

   Simplicity is the end, and not the beginning, of design, we developed clean and uncluttered interiors, weaving in ancient metal jaalis screens, antique brass embossing, block printed fabrics and hand-picked artifacts.

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