brazen

Meanings

Verb

face with defiance or impudence
- "brazen it out"
To turn a brass color.
Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.

Adjective Satellite

unrestrained by convention or propriety; ; ; - Los Angeles Times; ; ; - Bertrand Russell
- "brazen arrogance"

Adjective

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

Adj

Made of brass.
Brass-like in appearance or character; bright, ruddy, hard.
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English brasen, from Old English bræsen (“brazen, of brass”); equivalent to brass + -en (compare golden, wooden, etc.).
The word originally meant “of brass”; the figurative verb sense (as in brazen it out (“face impudently”)) dates from the 1550s (perhaps evoking the sense “face like brass, unmoving and not showing shame”), and the adjective sense “impudent” from the 1570s. Compare brass neck, bold as brass.

Synonyms

audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 19

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