brassy
adjective
made of or covered with brass.
brassiness
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a word derived from
brassy.
Example Sentences
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Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Despite their brassiness, the gang was also deterred by small measures, authorities say.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
Caroline Flack was adored and attacked for many of the same reasons: her brassiness, her autonomy when it came to personal decision-making, a sense of fight that kept her from taking criticism lying down.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
How boring the world would be if all the Beccas were shamed into hiding by people who think brassiness is just a failure of breeding and taste.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2018
The band was working away with a strident brassiness which filled the room with noise.
From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
