brassy

adjective \ ˈbra-sē \

|Updated on: 16 Jul 2018

Examples: brassy in a Sentence

Definition of brassy

brassier; brassiest

1 a : shamelessly bold

a brassy reporter

b : obstreperous

2 : resembling brass especially in color

3 : resembling the sound of a brass instrument

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brassily

play \ˈbra-sə-lē\ adverb

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brassiness

play \ˈbra-sē-nəs\ noun

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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

Actress Sydelle Noel embodies a similar ethos by taking on brawny, brassy, alpha woman roles.

— abby haglage, refinery29.com, "4 Black Girls With Big Dreams & The 4 Women Living Them," 13 July 2018
Anne Hathaway ably fights off the Hatha-haters as Daphne Kluger, a dingbat movie star used by Debbie and Lou as an unwitting eighth member of the crew; in a movie where everyone keeps it close to the vest, Hathaway knows to play it brassy and big.

— ty burr, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Ocean’s 8’ is a different take on the bling ring," 6 June 2018
Knuckleball will have the potential to be bright and brassy, but these players all like to draw nonstandard tones, colors and textures from their instruments.

— john adamian, courant.com, "Stephen Haynes' Knuckleball To Perform At Real Art Ways," 2 June 2018
The frames are clever, dense, and gorgeous, and so is the music by Michael Giachinno – the action is set to the sort of blaring, brassy jazz-ensemble sound that composer Hoyt Curtin used for Jonny Quest (the cartoon is actually quoted here).

— gary thompson, Philly.com, "'Incredibles 2': Worth the 14-year wait," 13 June 2018
Rudetsky and Plotnick write in the program notes that Anne L. Nathan, who plays the brassy busybody Shirley, was unable to do the role when first offered it in the Broadway production, and gets to now.

— christopher arnott, courant.com, "'Disaster!' Skewers The 1970s At CT Rep," 11 June 2018
Produced by Kanye West, the song loses Xtina’s brassy vocals in favor of trap beats and Ty Dolla $ign ad-libs for Xtina’s most interesting and forward-thinking song in memory.

— maeve mcdermott, USA TODAY, "Summer music preview: 8 burning questions about the season's biggest releases," 11 June 2018
From singing saloon girls to brash and brassy broads, these drag queens are bound to make an impression.

— garrett mitchell, azcentral, "'RuPaul's Drag Race' drag queens coming to Phoenix," 6 June 2018
And Carrie Compere, who plays the lovably formidable Sofia, and Carla R. Stewart, who plays brassy blues singer Shug Avery, don’t disappoint.

— charles mcnulty, latimes.com, "'The Color Purple' national tour turns down the wattage — and burns a little less brightly," 30 May 2018

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