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| 1. | [ adjective ] resembling the sound of a brass instrument | |
| Synonyms: | brasslike | |
| Related terms: | brass brass | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] tastelessly showy | |
| Synonyms: | loud tawdry cheap gaudy flashy meretricious tatty tacky garish trashy gimcrack flash | |
| Examples: | "a flash car" "a flashy ring" "garish colors" "a gaudy costume" "loud sport shirts" "a meretricious yet stylish book" "tawdry ornaments" |
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| Related terms: | tasteless | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or propriety | |
| Synonyms: | brazen insolent bold-faced barefaced brazen-faced bodacious audacious | |
| Examples: | "an audacious trick to pull" "a barefaced hypocrite" "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times "bold-faced lies" "brazen arrogance" |
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| Related terms: | unashamed | |
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brass Bruss Bross briss brushy Brosky brassie Breakey Brassia Brissey Bris Brees brash Brase braga brisk broca Brose Brosh brusa brush brusk Bruso break Brousseau Brasch braky Bryce Breaux Bresee Bressi Brisco Briski broach breach Bracy |
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