brazenness
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zən adjective
1.
shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
2.
made of brass.
3.
like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 4.
to make brazen or bold.
5.
brazen outthrough, to face boldly or shamelessly: He prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat.
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brazen (ˈbreɪzən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | shameless and bold |
| 2. | made of or resembling brass |
| 3. | having a ringing metallic sound like that of a brass trumpet |
| —vb (usually foll by out | |
| 4. | to face and overcome boldly or shamelessly: the witness brazened out the prosecutor's questions |
| 5. | to make (oneself, etc) bold or brash |
| [Old English bræsen, from bræs | |
| 'brazenly | |
| —adv | |
| 'brazenness | |
| —n | |
| brazen (ˈbreɪzən) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | shameless and bold |
| 2. | made of or resembling brass |
| 3. | having a ringing metallic sound like that of a brass trumpet |
| —vb (usually foll by out | |
| 4. | to face and overcome boldly or shamelessly: the witness brazened out the prosecutor's questions |
| 5. | to make (oneself, etc) bold or brash |
| [Old English bræsen, from bræs | |
| 'brazenly | |
| —adv | |
| 'brazenness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
The brazenness of the fraud was, in some part, the reason it was easy to keep going.
Most of the fun comes from the sheer brazenness of the caricatures.
But somehow the brazenness of the behavior always surprises.
The episodes were replicated with increasing sophistication, brazenness and arrogance.
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