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   Brass·y

   /ˈbrasē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. resembling brass in color: "the last rays of the sun were brassy and chill"
   • ▪ sounding like a brass musical instrument; harsh and loud: "audience members are tapping their feet to the brassy music of the band" Similar loudblaringnoisythunderingboomingdeafeningear-splittingraucousharshdissonantdiscordantcacophonousjanglinggratingjarringstridentpiercingshrilltinnyOpposite softdulcet
   • ▪ tastelessly showy or loud in appearance or manner (typically used of a woman): "her brassy, audacious exterior"

   Derivatives

   • 1. brassily adverb
   • 2. brassiness noun

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