brazen
About 0.86 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Made of brass.
- adjective Brass-like in appearance or character; bright, ruddy, hard.
- adjective Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
- adjective Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
- adjective Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on camera doing so.
- verb To turn a brass color.
- verb Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.
Similar words
brassy bodacious audacious insolent bold-faced barefaced brazen-faced unashamed snotty bold
Often followed by
serpent and it head altar as enough gates statue
Word family
brazened brazening brazenly brazenness brazennesses brazens
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