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Definitions for: Brazen [adj] 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; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
[adj] made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
[v] face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bra"zen, a.[OE. brasen, AS. br[ae]sen. See Brass.]
1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass;
as, a brazen countenance.
Brazen age.
(a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded
the silver age.
(b) (Arch[ae]ol.) See under Bronze.
Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed
in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
Bra"zen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Brazening.]
To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the
matter through.
Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly
she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. --W.
Black.
Synonyms: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent, unashamed
See Also: dare, defy
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