brassy vs harsh

brassy

adj
  • Harsh in tone. 

  • Unfeeling; pitiless. 

  • Impudent; impudently bold. 

  • Resembling brass. 

noun
  • Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia. 

harsh

adj
  • Severe or cruel. 

  • Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. 

verb
  • To negatively criticize. 

  • To put a damper on (a mood). 

How often have the words brassy and harsh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )