as in bold
displaying or marked by rude boldness
a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first
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The party expresses its new ideology in simplistic, brassy terms, drawing on unsubtle readings of classics and disallowing critiques.
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Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Playing in between was a brassy Canadian from a hardscrabble background: Shania Twain.
—Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2024
Fagen’s Steely Dan, minus his late other-half, Walter Becker, continues touring as a brassy R&B outfit.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
Since purple shampoos are one of the best ways to get rid of brassy hair at home, there are so many to choose from.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
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Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Playing in between was a brassy Canadian from a hardscrabble background: Shania Twain.
—Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2024
Fagen’s Steely Dan, minus his late other-half, Walter Becker, continues touring as a brassy R&B outfit.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
Since purple shampoos are one of the best ways to get rid of brassy hair at home, there are so many to choose from.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Brassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brassy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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