brazen

The definition of brazen is shameless, or overly bold or loud, or made of brass.

(adjective)

If your mother says not to take a cookie and you proudly go right up and grab one anyway, this is an example of when you are brazen.
If a candlestick is made of brass, this is an example of brazen.

See brazen in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ME brasen < OE bræsen < bræs, brass

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See brazen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity. See Synonyms at shameless.
Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound: “sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band” (James Joyce).
Made of brass.
Resembling brass, as in color or strength.

transitive verb bra·zened, bra·zen·ing, bra·zens

To face or undergo with bold self-assurance: brazened out the crisis.

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Origin: Middle English brasen, made of brass

Origin: , from Old English brǽsen

Origin: , from brǽs, brass

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