brassier; brassiest
1
a
: shamelessly bold
a brassy reporter
b
2
: resembling brass especially in color
3
: resembling the sound of a brass instrument
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a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first
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Victoria Moorhouse, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2025
Dualing coaster Stardust Racers will operate without a lit track at night to create a stronger feeling of a shooting comet while flipping its soundtrack from the daytime’s brassy sound that imbues adventure and going to the races with a celestial, synthy nighttime energy.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Considering that purple is the opposite of yellow on the color wheel, colorists apply this theory to hair to successfully balance out brassy tones.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 2 Apr. 2025
Lambert's fantastically brassy response (co-penned by Kacey Musgraves, no less)?
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brassy
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“Brassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brassy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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brassy
adjective
brassier; brassiest
1
a
: shamelessly bold
b
: unruly
2
: resembling brass especially in color
3
: resembling the sound of a brass instrument
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