brazen
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈbreɪ.zən/
:
descarado
- His brazen attempt to cut in line angered the people who had been waiting patiently.
- more brazen
- become more brazen
It's the most brazen cover up I've ever seen.
- It's the most brazen cover up I've ever seen.
- What I saw here seems very, very brazen to me, more brazen than what I saw at FIFA.
- And you, you know, you would just never think that someone would be so brazen.
- Shane is a young comedian known for his no hold back attitude and for his edgy, brazen comedy.
- Hindenburg, who claimed to have spent two years on their investigation, accused Adani of being engaged in brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud.
- And I think something also that Mister Fox, people like him are capable of doing is going out and lying in very brazen ways that normal people would be terrified to do.
- They are willing to do whatever it takes in a more brazen way than I've ever seen in my life in this country so that they can stay in power.
- And now it's becoming more and more brazen in being anti Jew.
- The shit he did was so brazen, like, OK, so JCR Epstein.
- Yeah, there will be some brazen enough to be on normal location in prisons.
Examples
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And the first thing we noticed was widespread evidence of brazen corruption.
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Paparazzi were becoming more brazen, which caused more confrontations with celebrities.
Academic text (2013) -
As you see, I go to tea shops with brazen young men.
Fiction book (1994) -
There was something just so brazen about it and casual.
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It's the most brazen cover up I've ever seen.
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Pretty brazen, shaking hands with the enemy in broad daylight.
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The way he focused his attention on you was brazen, laughable even, if you chose to see it that way.
Fiction book (1998) -
Shane is a young comedian known for his no hold back attitude and for his edgy, brazen comedy.
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The politician's brazen disregard for the law shocked everyone in the community.
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She made a brazen statement in the meeting that challenged her boss's authority.
Synonyms
257
2.7
Willing to take risks and act confidently
96
4.5
Very obvious and done openly without shame
31
6.6
Very confident in a rude, loud way that annoys other people
26
7.6
To take bold risks and do daring things
22
7.1
Rude and not showing respect to other people
18
8.2
Very brave and willing to take big risks
13
7.0
Not embarrassed about what you say or do
9
7.9
Someone who shows no respect by acting or speaking boldly
8
7.2
Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful
5
7.4
Clearly not hidden and showing no shame
5
7.2
Bold and showy in a way people may find rude
2
7.0
To act very confident and proud to get attention
1
7.6
Showing bold rudeness that upsets people
1
6.9
Very bold and without shame, for example a lie told openly without hiding it
Showing no shame and acting very boldly
Antonyms
Compounds
How Shameless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brazen came to mean 'shameless and bold' because people compared a person to brass — a metal that is hard and does not change — and used phrases like 'bold as brass'. So brazen now describes someone who acts without shame or respect.