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Adjective: brassy (brassier,brassiest)  brã-see
  1. Resembling the sound of a brass instrument
    "The brassy tones of the synthesizer added depth to the musical arrangement";
    - brasslike
     
  2. [informal] Tastelessly showy
    "a brassy car";
    - flash [informal], flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, trashy
     
  3. Unrestrained by convention or propriety
    "Her brassy behaviour at the formal dinner shocked the guests";
    - audacious, barefaced, bodacious [N. Amer, informal], bald-faced, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent

Sounds like: brassie

Derived forms: brassiest, brassier

See also: tasteless, unashamed

Encyclopedia: Brassy, Somme