Sekirov Dictionary

brazen

/ˈbɹeɪ̯zən/

adjective 5
verb 2
forms 7
phrases 1

adjective5

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(figurative) Brass-like in appearance or character; bright, ruddy, hard.
- The women, stout, strong, brazen-faced creatures, in most cases looked able to thrash any of the partners with whom they consorted. — 1859
•
Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash.
- She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on camera doing so.
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Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
- And now the Trumpets terribly from far, / With rattling Clangor, rouze the sleepy War. / The Souldiers Shouts succeed the Brazen Sounds, / And Heav'n, from Pole to Pole, the Noise rebounds. — 1697
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(no longer used) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
- The giant [Goliath] was thus conquered by the youth [David]; the man-at-arms by the unarmed; the stone of the shepherd pierced the brazen defences of the warrior. — 1870
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(no longer used) Made of brass.
- And Moses made a brass image of the fiery serpents, and put it up on a pole, where all the people could see it; and when any one was bitten, he could look upon the brazen serpent, and was cured. — 1836

verb2

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Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.
- Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram; but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. — 1887
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To turn a brass color.
- [...] the meadows roughen, grow gutteral / with goldenrod, milkweed's late-summer lilac, / cat-tails, the wild lily brazening, / dooryards overflowing in late, rough-headed bloom: [...] — 1986

forms

brazened · brazening · brazens · brazener · more brazen · brazenest · most brazen

Phrases with brazen

brazen out
To face up to or confront (one's own misconduct or deceit) without shame.

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