brassy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. resembling the sound of a brass instrumentSynonyms: brasslike
  2. 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
  3. 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
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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]

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