brazen-faced
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- brazen-facedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of brazen-faced
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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"How brazen-faced can a man be?" fumed Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of the Iranian parliament.
From Time Magazine Archive
The remark came from a brazen-faced girl waiting for a bus.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
I like it not," he said in his sober way, "for this Earl of Salisbury is a bold, brazen-faced fellow, and to my ears his voice rings not true.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan
Impudent, im′pū-dent, adj. wanting shame or modesty: brazen-faced: bold: rude: insolent.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The brazen-faced maids in the house accosted her as one of their own kind.
From Germinie Lacerteux by Goncourt, Jules de
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