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brazen-faced
[ brey-zuhn-feyst ]
/ ˈbreɪ zənˌfeɪst /
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adjective
openly shameless; impudent.
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Origin of brazen-faced
First recorded in 1565–75
OTHER WORDS FROM brazen-faced
bra·zen-fac·ed·ly [brey-zuhn-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-], /ˈbreɪ zənˌfeɪ sɪd li, -ˌfeɪst-/, adverbWords nearby brazen-faced
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How to use brazen-faced in a sentence
But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.
If Huckabee runs, the hurdles he faced the last time out, namely geography and money, would still be there.
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
She was a plump-faced, insipid child, with fair hair and pale blue eyes, stolid and bovine in their expressionlessness.
"I'll take charge of this, Captain Dobson," he brusquely informed the red-faced numskull.
He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.
The latter is a square-faced practical man, who is looked up to as a species of oracle by all his friends.
British Dictionary definitions for brazen-faced
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