brassiness
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Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Despite their brassiness, the gang was also deterred by small measures, authorities say.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
How boring the world would be if all the Beccas were shamed into hiding by people who think brassiness is just a failure of breeding and taste.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2018
But it also counts on the now slightly tempered brassiness of Ms. Vitale, who said she was openly frustrated at seeing techies steal the movie world’s sense of cool.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2014
And studying the fellow's countenance, he decided that, despite its brassiness and simple cunning, it was scarcely the countenance of a rascal.
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
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