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displaying or marked by rude boldness
a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first
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Recent Examples of brassy
On the third day of the summit, participants were led on a tour of Brightline’s Orlando maintenance facility by Tom Rutkowski, the company’s vice president and chief mechanical officer, a former general superintendent for New Jersey Transit, and a charming, brassy host.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Weirdly brassy dye job aside, Clarke is impressively natural as Alex’s easy smiles and superficial charm give way to flop sweat and nervous tics.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Lindsey Alley, a brassy theatre kid from Florida, had struggled to find roles, eventually pouring her frustration into a witty one-woman show.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
The brassy fanfare of mariachi music was first played in the region’s rural reaches and popularized in Guadalajara’s handsome plazas.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Weirdly brassy dye job aside, Clarke is impressively natural as Alex’s easy smiles and superficial charm give way to flop sweat and nervous tics.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Lindsey Alley, a brassy theatre kid from Florida, had struggled to find roles, eventually pouring her frustration into a witty one-woman show.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
The brassy fanfare of mariachi music was first played in the region’s rural reaches and popularized in Guadalajara’s handsome plazas.
—David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brassy
Adjective
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Fran Drescher channeled Fran Fine for her bold and beautiful glam at the 2026 Golden Globes.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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This simple taupe geometric style peel-and-stick wallpaper is affordable, easy to apply, and looks gorgeous without being too bold or loud.—
Brittney Morgan,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Or similarly, users pointing out that the Ratliff children, when seated three abreast, resemble the three wise monkeys of see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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Up in the balcony, even Statler and Waldorf have stopped cracking wise.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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My smart, sassy and silly girl!—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Other key parts were played by Jean Smart, as Helen, Mare’s sassy mother, Angourie Rice as daughter Siobhan, and an ensemble that looked as if they were born and bred in Delco.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Some coaches did complain after reporting particularly brazen cases of tampering, pushing for punishments and seeing nothing happen to offenders.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Few industries have been as brazen in their capitulation as Big Tech, which has dismantled its content-moderation systems to please the current administration.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Its locking lid snaps onto a silicone ring, giving it an airtight seal so my butter stays fresh (and doesn’t absorb outside odors).—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Or not feeling super fresh after a nap at 35,000 feet with your mouth hung open?—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Line that basket when cooking saucy wings and the like.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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In Cuba, Al Pacino’s character sports these saucy little neckties that are like part ascot, part bandana.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Figure skater Adriana Russo (Madelyn Keys) begins training for the world championships and falls for her new partner, a cocky but talented skater named Brayden Elliot (Cale Ambrozic).—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2026
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Marty Supreme follows a wildly gifted, unapologetically cocky aspiring table tennis superstar named Marty Mauser (Chalamet), grinding it in Lower Manhattan circa 1952.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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Cignetti’s brash, confident demeanor isn’t much different from the Huskies’ head coach’s.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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Timmy’s Marty promotional tour was loud and brash — viral Zoom videos, Soulja Boy routines in Brazil, standing atop the Sphere in Las Vegas — and had a lot of people wondering if his decision to adopt a Marty Mauser-style braggadocio would ultimately hurt his chances to win over Oscar voters.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Brassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brassy. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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