Meaning & use
Brassy
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Resembling brass in color or sound, or, of a person, boldly self-assertive and loud in manner.
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The trumpet's brassy tone cut through the rest of the orchestra.
She greeted the reporters with a brassy confidence that surprised everyone.
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The figurative sense of 'brassy' meaning bold or shameless developed from the older idiom 'to have a brass neck,' likening impudence to the hardness of the metal.
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