brazen

/'breizn/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Made of or resembling brass: Describing something that is literally composed of brass or has the yellowish color or hard quality of brass.
    • Unrestrained by convention or propriety; shamelessly bold: Describing behavior or attitude that is defiantly impudent, showing no shame or embarrassment.

  2. Verb:

    • To face a situation with defiant or shameless boldness: To act with unembarrassed confidence, especially when confronted with criticism or a difficult situation.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • The old church had a brazen bell that rang with a clear, loud sound. (Describing material)
    • She told a brazen lie right in front of everyone. (Describing shameless behavior)
    • His brazen arrogance made him unpopular with his colleagues.

  • Verb:

    • When caught, he didn't apologize; he just tried to brazen it out.
    • She decided to brazen through the interview despite her lack of experience.
Advanced Usage
  • "Brazen-faced": An adjective variant emphasizing shameless audacity.
    • He was a brazen-faced liar who never blushed.
  • "Brazen out": A phrasal verb meaning to endure a difficult situation by acting with shameless confidence.
    • The politician tried to brazen out the scandal, but the evidence was too strong.
Variants and Related Words
  • Brazened (verb, past tense): Acted with brazen defiance.
    • He brazened his way through the security checkpoint.
  • Brazening (verb, present participle): The act of behaving brazenly.
    • She was brazening it out, hoping no one would challenge her.
  • Brazenly (adverb): In a brazen manner.
    • He brazenly took credit for work he didn't do.
  • Brazenness (noun): The quality of being brazen.
    • The brazenness of the theft shocked the community.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (for shamelessness): Audacious, barefaced, bald-faced, shameless, impudent, insolent, unabashed.
  • Verb: Defy, confront, face down.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Brazen it out: To deal with a difficult or embarrassing situation by behaving with shameless confidence.
    • Even though the plan failed, he brazened it out as if nothing had happened.
Related Idioms
  • "As bold as brass": Extremely confident and shameless, often in a rude way. (This idiom shares the metaphorical connection to brass with "brazen").
    • He walked in late to the meeting, as bold as brass, and took a seat at the head of the table.
Adjective
  1. made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
  2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
    • an audacious trick to pull
    • a barefaced hypocrite
    • the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim- Los Angeles Times
    • bald-faced lies
    • brazen arrogance
    • the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress- Bertrand Russell
Verb
  1. face with defiance or impudence
    • brazen it out

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