Definitions for brazen
ˈbreɪ zənbrazen

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. brazenverb

   made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

3. brazenverb

   face with defiance or impudence

   "brazen it out"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. brazenverb

   To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.

2. brazenadjective

   Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass.

3. brazenadjective

   Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

4. brazenadjective

   Extremely strong; impenetrable.

5. brazenadjective

   Impudent, immodest, or shameless.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brazenadjective

   Etymology: from brass.

   1. Made of 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.

   2. Proceeding from brass: a poetical use.

   Trumpeters
   With brazen din blast you the city’s ear,
   Make mingle with your rattling tabourines. William Shakespeare.

   3. Impudent.

2. 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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brazenadjective

   pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass

2. Brazenadjective

   sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass

3. Brazenadjective

   impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance

4. Brazenverb

   to carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brazen in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brazen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of brazen in a Sentence

1. The ACLU:

   The law bans the care only when provided to affirm the gender of transgender youth, such brazen discrimination cannot be reconciled with the Constitution.

2. Toledo Blade:

   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.

3. Alex Villanueva:

   This is how brazen this operation was.

4. Jordan Uhl:

   Pete Buttigieg tried to fashion Pete Buttigieg as someone more progressive on the outset and is now caving, you could say similar things about Joe Biden, but Pete is much more brazen about it.

5. City Councilor Ed Flynn:

   It is wholly repugnant to once again read reports, and see videos on social media, about dozens of neo-Nazis making another brazen public display with their hateful ideology, although all people of goodwill and decency are both angered and extremely disturbed by the increased activity we continue to witness from neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups locally, we can no longer say that we're surprised with what we continue to see across the country, unfortunately.

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