Brassy

a.

1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

2. Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]

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adjective

1. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang wise. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
2. Characterized by or done without shame: bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing. See courtesy/discourtesy, respect/contempt/standing, right/wrong.

adj

Definition: vulgar, loud to the senses
Antonyms: careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Resembling the sound of an instrument such as a trumpet or tuba adj. - Unrestrained by convention or propriety; Tastelessly showy.

Tutor's tip: The "brassy" (resembling brass) redhead was holding the "brassie" (a golf club).

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - messingagtigt, messingfarvet

2.
n. - brassie

Nederlands (Dutch)
koperachtig, bronskleurig, pretentieus, brutaal, lawaaierig

Français (French)
1.
adj. - de cuivre, décoré de cuivre, cuivré, claironnant, voyant, tapageur, effronté

2.
n. - brassie (golf)

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - Messing-, messingbeschlagen, messingfarbig, (Ton) blechern, auffällig, dreist, unverschämt

2.
n. - (Golf) Duce

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - στο χρώμα του μπρούντζου, ξεδιάντροπος, αναιδής, φανταχτερός, επιδεικτικός, (για ήχο) μεταλλικός, στριγκός

Italiano (Italian)
sfacciato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de latão, agudo, sem vergonha (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
наглый, нахальный

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - de latón, metálico, de color de cobre, estridente

2.
n. - descarado, desvergonzado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mässings-, fräck, påflugen, skrikig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 黄铜的, 刺耳的, 廉价而花哨的, 厚颜无耻的

2. 一种木制高尔夫球杆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 黃銅的, 刺耳的, 廉價而花哨的, 厚顏無恥的

2.
n. - 一種木製高爾夫球桿

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 놋쇠로 만든, 철면피의, 귀에 거슬리는

2.
n. - 밑바닥에 놋쇠 씌운 골프채

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 真ちゅうの, 真ちゅう色の, かん高い, 厚かましい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نحاسي, ذو صوت يشبه الالآت النحاسيه, (امرأة) مبتذله و ذات صوت عالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי פליז (מתכת), מקושט בפליז, דומה בצבעו לפליז, אופייני או דומה בצלילו לכלי-נשיפה מפליז (מוסיקה), זול וראוותני, צעקני, מבריק, חצוף‬
n. - ‮מקל גולף שתחתיתו מפליז וראשו מעץ, המשמש לחבטות ארוכות ונמוכות‬

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