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brassy

UK/ˈbɹæs.i/ US/ˈbɹæs.i/ uncommon informal

adjective

1.

resembling the sound of a brass instrument

Synonyms
2.

tastelessly showy

  • “a flash car”
  • “a flashy ring”
  • “garish colors”
  • “a gaudy costume”
  • “loud sport shirts”
  • “a meretricious yet stylish book”
  • “tawdry ornaments”
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

Origin

From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).

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