What does brazen mean?
Definitions for brazen
ˈbreɪ zənbrazen
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word brazen.
Princeton's WordNet
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolentadjective
unrestrained by convention or propriety
"an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
brazenverb
made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
brazenverb
face with defiance or impudence
"brazen it out"
Wiktionary
brazenverb
To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.
brazenadjective
Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass.
brazenadjective
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
brazenadjective
Extremely strong; impenetrable.
brazenadjective
Impudent, immodest, or shameless.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Brazenadjective
Etymology: from brass.
Get also a small pair of brazen compasses, and a fine ruler, for taking the distance. Henry Peacham.
A bough his brazen helmet did sustain;
His heavier arms lay scatter’d on the plain. John Dryden, Æn.Trumpeters
With brazen din blast you the city’s ear,
Make mingle with your rattling tabourines. William Shakespeare.To Brazenverb
To be impudent; to bully.
When I used to reprimand him for his tricks, he would talk saucily, lye, and brazen it out, as if he had done nothing amiss. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.
ChatGPT
brazen
Brazen refers to someone or something showing or characterized by boldness, shameless, or can mean excessively confident to the point of rudeness or cockiness. It can also refer to something made of or looking like brass.
Webster Dictionary
Brazenadjective
pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass
Brazenadjective
sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass
Brazenadjective
impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance
Brazenverb
to carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BRAZEN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brazen is ranked #136449 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Brazen surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brazen.
92.6% or 114 total occurrences were White.
6.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brazen in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of brazen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of brazen in a Sentence
We're committed to making sure this brazen attack on the constitutional right to abortion access never takes effect.
The harassment and detention of The Blade's reporter and photographer, the confiscation of their equipment, and the brazen destruction of lawful photographs cannot be justified by a claim of military authority or by the supposed imperatives of the national security state, the Blade is pleased with this resolution of the crucial First Amendment issues at stake in this matter.
This President has been brazen about his willingness to take action that is normally reserved to Congress, the fact that the Court added the constitutional question means that some justices recognized that this is not a run of the mill act of prosecutorial discretion, but a novel and controversial power grab.
When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated. By all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden is wrong and appalling.
This is how brazen this operation was.
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- меден, бронзовBulgarian
- mosaznýCzech
- dreistGerman
- ορειχάλκινοςGreek
- descaradoSpanish
- julkeaFinnish
- brutale, éhontée, cuivreux, grossier, impénétrable, grossière, éhonté, aigu, aigue, brutal, dur comme de la pierreFrench
- ottone, ottonato, squillante, faccia di bronzoItalian
- aereaLatin
- месинганMacedonian
- keihard, brutaal, schaamteloos, schel, koperachtig, ondoordringbaar, grofDutch
- nachalnyPolish
- descaradoPortuguese
- бронзовый, бесстыжий, наглый, бессовестныйRussian
- fräckSwedish
- หน้าด้านThai
- 厚颜无耻Chinese
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