Brazen
WordNet
adjective
(1) Unrestrained by convention or propriety
"An audacious trick to pull"
"A barefaced hypocrite"
"The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
"Bald-faced lies"
"Brazen arrogance"
"The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
(2) Made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
verb
(3) Face with defiance or impudence
"Brazen it out"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Impudent, immodest, or shameless.
- Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 31.
- Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 31.
- Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
Verb
- To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.
- W. Black.
- Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
- W. Black.