What does brazen mean?

BRAZEN (adjective)
  The adjective BRAZEN has 2 senses:

1. unrestrained by convention or propriety
2. made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

  Familiarity information: BRAZEN used as an adjective is rare.

BRAZEN (verb)
  The verb BRAZEN has 1 sense:

1. face with defiance or impudence

  Familiarity information: BRAZEN used as a verb is very rare.

BRAZEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unrestrained by convention or propriety

Synonyms:

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

Context examples:

an audacious trick to pull / a barefaced hypocrite / the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim / bald-faced lies / brazen arrogance / the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress

Similar:

unashamed (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

brass (an alloy of copper and zinc)

• BRAZEN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Face with defiance or impudence

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

brazen it out

Hypernyms (to "brazen" is one way to...):

dare; defy (challenge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Brazen is an adjective and is used to mean bold and shameless. Something which is marked by insolent audacity is said to be brazen. Brazen also means a loud or harsh sound which resonates. Example: the brazen resonance of sword fights. A brazen act shocks people and the person who commits such an act is not ashamed of it. In literary sense, brazen is to have a gleaming yellow color.

This word has its origin in Middle English and Old English. In the former, it was used as 'brazen' and in the latter, it was brazen. This word meant 'made from brasses. Other words that can be used as synonyms are: assuming, assumptive, audacious, boldfaced, brash, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward and overconfident. For example, when someone brazens something out; that person deals with a matter that is tricky or embarrassing. He faces the situation by appearing to be confident and does not disgrace himself.