i Register
In some senses, brassy is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Resembling brass.
The cup had a brassy color.
Impudent; impudently bold.
Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!
There's more than one way to declare independence, after all, and whereas Beyoncé announced hers with a brassy single, Ashanti tucks a similar spirit into every not-quite-heartbroken lyric.
Unfeeling; pitiless.
Harsh in tone.
an organ stop with a brassy tone
noun
Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).
noun
Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.