brassy

UK /ˈbɹɑː.si/ US /ˈbɹɑː.si/
adj 4noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Resembling brass.

The cup had a brassy color.

2

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.

3

Unfeeling; pitiless.

4

Harsh in tone.

an organ stop with a brassy tone

noun

1

Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).

noun

1

Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

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