Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold. synonym: shameless.
- adjective Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound.
- adjective Made of brass.
- adjective Resembling brass, as in color or strength.
- transitive verb To face or undergo with bold self-assurance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To behave with insolence or effrontery in regard to: with an indefinite it as object.
- Made of brass: as, a brazen helmet.
- Pertaining to brass; proceeding from brass.
- Extremely strong; impenetrable: from brass often serving as a type of strength, impenetrability, and the like: as, “environed with a brazen wall”, Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii.
- Impudent; having a front like brass.
- Also spelled
brasen .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To carry through impudently or shamelessly.
- adjective Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
- adjective Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
- adjective Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass.
- adjective (Myth.), (Archæol.) See under
Bronze . - adjective (Jewish Antiq.) a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Pertaining to, made of, or resembling
brass (in color or strength). - adjective Sounding harsh and loud, like brass
cymbals orbrass instruments . - adjective archaic Extremely
strong ;impenetrable . - adjective
Shamelessly shocking and offensive;Impudent ;barefaced ;immodest ; orunblushing . - verb transitive To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
- verb face with defiance or impudence
- adjective unrestrained by convention or propriety
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
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Per the initiative's blueprint, pastors from around the country purported to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion by endorsing political candidates in brazen violation of the current tax code; they then sent those sermons directly to the IRS to tout their civic transgression.
Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010
slumry commented on the word brazen
See also brassy
June 17, 2007
madmouth commented on the word brazen
in the archaic sense, merely "made of bronze", like the brazen calf (or brazen idol) in the Bible.
April 10, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word brazen
Really? I hadn't heard that before. That's really interesting.
April 10, 2009
seanahan commented on the word brazen
This is an interesting word. I've only heard or read it a few times, and it seems to have been always describing the behavior of a women. Is that generally true, or is that a side effect of my reading habits?
April 11, 2009
reesetee commented on the word brazen
Yes, madmouth is correct. I remember reading about the "brazen idol" in the Bible tale--but I'd forgotten that meaning until now.
April 11, 2009
yarb commented on the word brazen
Someone behaving brazenly may also be described as having a brass neck.
April 11, 2009
sionnach commented on the word brazen
Seanahan: I think it must be a side effect of your choice of reading. Though it does appear quite often preceding the word "hussy", it is by no means used exclusively in that context. "brazen idol" and "brazen it out" seem about equally common, in my experience.
April 11, 2009
Silpa commented on the word brazen
harab brazenly resigned his post for a small ridiculous satire made by his colleagues, that he is puffy, looks odd.His whole family dependent on his income for the monthly expenses.
October 29, 2017