brassy (adj.)

  1. resembling the sound of a brass instrument

    [ Syn: brasslike ]

  2. tastelessly showy; a flash car; a flashy ring; garish colors; a gaudy costume; loud sport shirts; a meretricious yet stylish book; tawdry ornaments

    [ Syn: cheap , flash , flashy , garish , gaudy , gimcrack , loud , meretricious , tacky , tatty , tawdry , trashy ]

  3. unrestrained by convention or propriety; an audacious trick to pull; a barefaced hypocrite; the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim- Los Angeles Times; bald-faced lies; brazen arrogance; the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress- Bertrand Russell

    [ Syn: audacious , barefaced , bodacious , bald-faced , brazen , brazen-faced , insolent ]

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