Brazen
['breɪz(ə)n] or ['brezn]
Definition
(verb.) face with defiance or impudence; 'brazen it out'.
(adj.) made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness) .
Edited by Clare--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
(a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
(a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
(v. t.) To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Made of brass.[2]. Bold, BRAZEN-FACED.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- It grew dark, and they put candles on the tables--candles set in bright, new, brazen candlesticks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hard, loud, vain and vulgar, her mind and body alike seemed brazen and imperishable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I was not dreaming, I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Brangwen opened the door, and called, in his strong, brazen voice: 'Ursula. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then, with a cry of satisfaction, he bent forward and picked up a little brazen cylinder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was doubtless the result of strength of mind, as I said before, and not of brazen assurance, by any means. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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