Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Brazen-faced; shameless; having a thick skin: Describes a person's face or expression as being utterly devoid of shame, embarrassment, or scruples. It implies an audacious and unblushing disregard for social norms or propriety.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nó có cái mặt nhẵn cấc, chẳng biết xấu hổ là gì. (He has a brazen face, knowing nothing of shame.)
  • Sau khi bị bắt quả tang, hắn vẫn tỏ ra nhẵn cấc. (After being caught red-handed, he still acted shamelessly.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in a figurative and highly critical sense to describe a person's character or demeanor as impudent and lacking any sense of conscience.

Variants and Related Words

• Trơ trẽn (adj): shameless, impudent. A close synonym often used in similar contexts.
  • Thái độ trơ trẽn của nó khiến mọi người bực mình. (His impudent attitude annoyed everyone.)

Synonyms

• Shameless
• Brazen
• Impudent
• Unabashed
• Thick-skinned

Related Idioms

• Mặt dày: (lit. thick face) to be shameless.
  • Đồ mặt dày! (You shameless person!)
• Trơ như mặt thớt: (lit. as brazen as a chopping block's surface) to be completely thick-skinned and impervious to criticism or shame.