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brazen Definition

bra·zen (brāzən)

adjective

  1. of brass
  2. like brass in color or other qualities
  3. showing no shame; bold; impudent
  4. having the ringing sound of brass; harsh and piercing

Etymology: ME brasen < OE bræsen < bræs, brass

brazen Related Forms
bra·zenly adverb bra·zen·ness noun
brazen Idioms

brazen it out

to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed

brazen Synonyms

brazen

modif.

  1. Impudent

    audacious, impertinent, forward, shameless; see rude 2.

  2. Made of brass

    brass, bronze, brassy, brass-plated, of brass, brasslike; see also metallic 1.

brazen Usage Examples

Object

  • attempt: A somewhat amazing statement considering the brazen attempt to exclude the CPGB.
  • effrontery: As with all the others, there is the same quietly brazen effrontery in trying to minimize or ignore unanswerable facts.
  • example: In these denials we have perhaps one of the most brazen examples of the double intent referred to above.
  • corruption: There is brazen corruption in the system and politicians are busy amassing public funds for private political ends.
  • manner: Indeed, when I hunted him up in town on the Tuesday night, he confessed as much in the most brazen manner imaginable.
  • attitude: But that is exactly what makes them so endearing; who can resist such a brazen attitude in something so tiny?

Infinitive complement

  • admit: Mel Gibson was brazen enough to admit it openly, through denial.

Modifies a noun

  • serpent: This is to believe on the Son of God lifted up; which is compared with looking to the brazen serpent.
  • altar: But what a solemn lesson is read out to us from these horns of the brazen altar!
  • attack: For years, farmers and ranchers have become increasingly worried by the brazen ALF attacks.
  • brow: They'll ride astride with brazen brow, as witches do on broomsticks now.
  • liar: You are a liar in all but name, Godfrey - far worse than the brazen liars which fill much of the Tory party.
  • cheek: The brazen cheek of the man and his ilk never ceases to amaze me.

Modifying Another Word

  • enough: Mel Gibson was brazen enough to admit it openly, through denial.
  • so: There's just no need to ever be quite so brazen with cushions.
  • quite: In the manner of buttons they are quite hard, quite brazen.
  • now: The attempt is now brazen; it used to be surreptitious.
  • increasingly: The New Ugly Face of Domination Power is increasingly brazen.
  • often: The takeover is often brazen, and it is extremely unlikely that Jesus was born on December 25.
brazen Quotes

[Nature's] world isbrazen, thepoets onlydeliveragolden.

—Sidney, Sir Philip

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