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(ambitransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour.
He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual?
'You seem disappointed, was I supposed to brassen up. I thought this was other biz, not a shag call.'
Use brassen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brassen means (ambitransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual?
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