bassy

1 4.7

A strong low sound that you can feel in your chest

adjective
/ˈbæsi/

: grave

His heavy, bassy voice gently guides them through their contortions.

Like the white noise is usually less bassy.

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Examples

The place pounds with loud, bassy techno music and colored light.

Fiction book (1995)
I would say that these sound a little more bassy but not as clear.
Teenagers dance and writhe to loud, bassy music.

Fiction book (1995)
Gilbert reads and responds to the audience and plays everything from super bassy hip hop to progressive house untzing.

Blog text (20)
The concert featured a lot of bassy tracks that got everyone dancing.
He prefers speakers that produce a bassy sound for an immersive experience.
The club played bassy music that resonated through the entire room.

Synonyms

bass

vsbassy

1 4.1

Having a low sound in singing or music

is an informal adjective stressing strong, prominent low sound

boomy

vsbassy

1 7.3

A deep loud sound that echoes and has strong bass

focuses on strong low tones without implying excessive echo

woofy

vsbassy

Jargon

9.9

Having too much bass so sound is boomy and muffled

expresses strong low presence clearly rather than muffled or unclear

deepish

vsbassy

3.7

A color or sound that is fairly strong but not very strong

means strongly deep and prominent rather than only moderate

Antonyms

trebly

9.1

In a way that makes a sound higher and sharper

How Deep

thunderous

15 4.1

boomy

1 7.3

bassy

1 4.7

thin

221 5.2

Surface Forms

bassy positive

Morphology

bassy = bass (transparent) = bass + y

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-y' on 'bass'; meaning 'having prominent bass' is directly inferable from 'bass'.

Etymology

Bassy comes from bass, the English word for a low sound, and from Italian basso which means 'low'. So something that is bassy has a strong, deep sound, like a bass guitar or a low beat you can feel in your chest.