adjective
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shameless and bold
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made of or resembling brass
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having a ringing metallic sound like that of a brass trumpet
verb
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to face and overcome boldly or shamelessly
the witness brazened out the prosecutor's questions
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to make (oneself, etc) bold or brash
Related Words
See bold.
Other Word Forms
- brazenly adverb
- brazenness noun
- outbrazen verb (used with object)
- unbrazen adjective
- unbrazenness noun
Etymology
Origin of brazen
First recorded before 1000; Middle English brasen (adjective), Old English bræsen “(made) of brass”; brass
Example Sentences
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Like Hedda herself, she’s too brazen, brilliant and entertaining to go ignored.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Some teens are brazen enough to do it in class, Blunt said, while a group of her fellow students nodded in agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
On Tuesday, des Cars sent her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, which was accepted, following a string of scandals including the brazen theft of French crown jewels valued at $100 million in October.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
There is a particular kind of hypocrisy so brazen, so cartoonishly on-the-nose, that it almost defies satire.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
A brazen feeling had broken loose in me, a daring rorwething that had been locked up in my chest.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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