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Definition of brassy
brassier
;brassiest
1a : shamelessly bold a brassy reporterb : obstreperous
2 : resembling brass especially in color
3 : resembling the sound of a brass instrument
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Examples of brassy in a Sentence
a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first
Recent Examples of brassy from the Web
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Avi, meanwhile, is really probably too broad a character for this show, but his brassy flair amid so much gloomy earnestness is like water in the desert.
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But the heavy amplification — a nagging problem throughout the show — rendered her sound brassy and squeaky.
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A year after it was written, the group's brassy country single hits the top 15.
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Hartfield snipped away her brassy blonde ends, leaving just the brown section which fell right past her chin.
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The familiar, brassy call to post sounded overhead inside a Pimlico Race Course concourse early Saturday afternoon, and Jimmy was off, talking about how a man with no legs had inspired some of the greatest scores of his gambling career.
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An (allegedly) rich man in the White House, after all, combines all the aforementioned Palm Beach currencies — money, celebrity and power — into one shiny, if not brassy, coin.
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Seemingly immune to political norms, his brassy courting of scandal is frustrating attempts to effectively govern, enervating progress on health care and tax reform.
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San Fermin blends often operatic vocals, bright, brassy horns, and strings into something exquisite.
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First Known Use of brassy
1596
BRASSY Defined for English Language Learners
brassy
playDefinition of brassy for English Language Learners
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: very confident and aggressive in a loud and sometimes annoying way
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: having a loud and often harsh sound
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: resembling or suggesting brass
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