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brazen

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bra·zen  (brzn)
adj.
1. Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity. See Synonyms at shameless.
2. Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound: "sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band" (James Joyce).
3. Made of brass.
4. Resembling brass, as in color or strength.
tr.v. bra·zened, bra·zen·ing, bra·zens
To face or undergo with bold self-assurance: brazened out the crisis.

[Middle English brasen, made of brass, from Old English bræsen, from bræs, brass.]

brazen·ly adv.
brazen·ness n.

brazen
Adjective
1. shameless and bold
2. made of or resembling brass
3. having a ringing metallic sound
Verb
brazen it out to face and overcome a difficult or embarrassing situation boldly or shamelessly
brazenly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.brazen - face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
dare, defy - challenge; "I dare you!"
Adj.1.brazen - 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
unashamed - used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame
2.brazen - made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

brazen
adjective bold, forward, defiant, brash, saucy, audacious, pushy (informal) shameless, unabashed, pert, unashamed, insolent, impudent, immodest, barefaced, brassy (informal) << OPPOSITE shy brazen it out be unashamed, persevere, be defiant, confront something, be impenitent, outface, outstare
Translations
brazen [ˈbreɪzn] adjdescarado, cínico
vt to brazen it out → echarle cara al asunto

brazen [ˈbreɪzn] adjimpudent(e)effronté(e)
vt to brazen it out → payer d'effronterie, crâner

brazen [ˈbreɪzn] adjunverschämt, dreist;
(lie) → schamlos
vt to brazen it out → durchhalten

brazen [ˈbreɪzn] adjsvergognato/a
vt to brazen it out → fare lo sfacciato

brazen
adj brazen [ˈbreizn]
impudent or shameless a brazen young woman. astrant, onbeskaamd, parmantig وقح، قليل الحياء безсрамен nestoudný fræk; skamløs schamlos αδιάντροπος descarado, desvergonzado häbematu پررو؛ بی حیا röyhkeä effronté חָסַר בּוּשָׁה निर्लज्ज, बेशर्म besraman pimasz kurang ajar ósvífinn sfrontato 厚かましい 갱렌렘볜?î begėdiškas nekaunīgs; nekautrīgs muka tembok brutaal frekk, vulgær bezwstydny descarado neruşinat бесстыдный bezočivý nesramen besraman fräck, skamlös หน้าไม่อาย utanmaz, yüzsüz, arsız 厚顏無恥的 безсоромний بے حیا ، فحش trơ tráo
brazen it out
to face a situation with impudent boldness She knew her deception had been discovered but decided to brazen it out. brutaal volhou يكابر، ينكر بوقاحة وإصرار не се срамувам от поведението tvářit se jakoby nic lade som ingenting; spille uskyldig durchziehen αντιμετωπίζω κτ. με θράσος και αναίδεια plantar cara häbematusega läbi lööma پررویی کردن käyttäytyä härskisti crâner לְהִתמוֹדֵד לְלֹא בּוּשָה निर्लज्जता से सामना करना opravdati se magabiztosan csinál menghadapi dengan berani þykjast ekki vita upp á sig skömmina superare comportandosi in modo sfacciato ずうずうしく押し通す 끝까지 잡아떼다 begėdiškai neigti nekaunīgi / izaicinoši izturēties menebalkan muka zich er brutaal doorheen slaan late som ingenting nadrabiać bezczelnością ir até ao fim a se purta cu neruşinare нагло выкручиваться, держаться вызывающе zapierať (drzo) predrzno nastopiti drsko poricati fräckt låtsas som ingenting เผชิญหน้าอย่างกล้าหาญ pişkinliğe vurmak 厚著臉皮幹下去 поводитися безсоромно سہنا ، جھیلنا trơ ra


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He turned from his own class and his own quarter, taking nothing but a little bread as he walked along, towards the hill on which his principal employer lived, in a red house with black outside shutters, green inside blinds, a black street door, up two white steps, BOUNDERBY (in letters very like himself) upon a brazen plate, and a round brazen door-handle underneath it, like a brazen full-stop.
Still the flowing stream Sweeps on, but the swift torrents of green hours Are licked into the brazen skies between Their widening banks.
For, though it walked, and made other lifelike motions, there yet was a kind of jerk in its gait, which, together with its brazen aspect, caused the young prince to suspect that it was no true giant, but only a wonderful piece of machinery.
 
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