brassy
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (3)
- resembling the sound of a brass instrumentSynonyms: brasslike
- tastelessly showy“a flash car”“a flashy ring”“garish colors”“a gaudy costume”“loud sport shirts”“a meretricious yet stylish book”“tawdry ornaments”Synonyms: cheapflashflashygarishgaudygimcrackloudmeretricioustackytattytawdrytrashy
- unrestrained by convention or propriety“an audacious trick to pull”“a barefaced hypocrite”“the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim — Los Angeles Times”“bald-faced lies”“brazen arrogance”“the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress — Bertrand Russell”Synonyms: audaciousbarefacedbodaciousbald-facedbrazenbrazen-facedinsolent
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Brassy \Brass"y\, n. [Written also brassie and brassey.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Brassy \Brass"y\, a.
1.Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass. [1913 Webster]
2.Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]