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bra·zen

   [brey-zuhn]
adjective
1.
shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
2.
made of brass.
3.
like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make brazen or bold.

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Verb phrase
5.
brazen out/through, to face boldly or shamelessly: He prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English brasen (adj.), Old English bræsen of brass

Related forms
bra·zen·ly, adverb
bra·zen·ness, noun
out·bra·zen, verb (used with object)
un·bra·zen, adjective
un·bra·zen·ly, adverb
EXPAND
un·bra·zen·ness, noun
COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1, 3. brassy. 1. insolent, defiant. See bold.

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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 or through)
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 bræsbrass]
 
'brazenly
 
—adv
 
'brazenness
 
—n

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brazen
O.E. bræsen "of brass," from bræs "brass" + see -en (2). The figurative sense of "hardened in effrontery" is 1570s (in brazen-face), perhaps suggesting a face unable to show shame (see brass). To brazen it out "face impudently" is from 1550s.
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