brassy

¹

[bras-ee, brah-see]

adjective

brassier, brassiest 

1. made of or covered with brass.

2. resembling brass, as in color.

3. harsh and metallic.

   brassy tones.

4. brazen; bold; loud.

   Synonyms: brash, cheeky, forward, saucy, insolent
   Antonyms: retiring, shy, modest

5. noisy; clamorous.

   a big, brassy nightclub.

brassy

²

[bras-ee, brah-see]

noun

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plural

brassies 

1. brassie.

brassy

/ ˈbrɑːsɪ /

adjective

1. insolent; brazen

2. flashy; showy

3. (of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument

4. like brass, esp in colour

5. decorated with or made of brass

6. a variant spelling of brassie

Other Word Forms

• brassily adverb
• brassiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brassy¹

First recorded in 1570–80; brass + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Like a brassy classic dame, she says exactly what she means.

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Before she met Felber, Dunham was mulling tapping into her experience of spending extended periods in England for work and the culture clash of a brassy American coming to the U.K.

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Valenzuela wrote a book about the newest version of drug ballads, known as corridos tumbados, which combine acoustic guitar, brassy horns and the aesthetic and lyrical content of U.S. gangster rap.

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He does think her reported response — “for what?” — sounds just like his brassy little sister.

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She was streetwise and brassy and physically striking, a small-time hustler and “dice girl” who lingered in casinos to induce men to drink and gamble.

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