What does BRAZEN mean?

Definitions for BRAZEN
ˈbreɪ zənbrazen

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolentadjective

    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. brazenverb

    made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

  3. brazenverb

    face with defiance or impudence

    "brazen it out"

Wiktionary

  1. brazenverb

    To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.

  2. brazenadjective

    Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass.

  3. brazenadjective

    Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

  4. brazenadjective

    Extremely strong; impenetrable.

  5. brazenadjective

    Impudent, immodest, or shameless.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Brazenadjective

    Etymology: from brass.

    Get also a small pair of brazen compasses, and a fine ruler, for taking the distance. Henry Peacham.

    A bough his brazen helmet did sustain;
    His heavier arms lay scatter’d on the plain. John Dryden, Æn.

    Trumpeters
    With brazen din blast you the city’s ear,
    Make mingle with your rattling tabourines. William Shakespeare.

  2. To Brazenverb

    To be impudent; to bully.

    When I used to reprimand him for his tricks, he would talk saucily, lye, and brazen it out, as if he had done nothing amiss. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.

ChatGPT

  1. brazen

    Brazen refers to someone or something showing or characterized by boldness, shameless, or can mean excessively confident to the point of rudeness or cockiness. It can also refer to something made of or looking like brass.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brazenadjective

    pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass

  2. Brazenadjective

    sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass

  3. Brazenadjective

    impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance

  4. Brazenverb

    to carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BRAZEN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brazen is ranked #136449 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Brazen surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brazen.

    92.6% or 114 total occurrences were White.
    6.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BRAZEN in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BRAZEN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of BRAZEN in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Franks:

    Would have, could have, should have. It's Monday morning quarterbacking, and it's not helpful, they have welcomed her to that country to work. To me, that's pretty brazen.

  2. Natalya Plokhova:

    The authorities have become brazen. It's time to defend our rights.

  3. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin:

    The United States will not permit Iran's increasingly brazen abuse of the international financial system. The global community must remain vigilant against Iran's deceptive efforts to provide financial support to its terrorist proxies.

  4. Nancy Suarez:

    This sentence is the most unjust thing that has happened in the country, we're not scared, we want to fight for a free Venezuela. People are sick of queuing up, of brazen theft, of corruption.

  5. Baltimore Police Department:

    This week’s heinous incidents were another tragic reminder of the culture of violence that pervades Baltimore City, as I said last night, those who commit these violent, brazen and cowardly acts in our city will be held to account. Harrison thanked local, state and federal partners who aided in the investigation and said he received a call from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who.

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Translations for BRAZEN

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  • меден, бронзовBulgarian
  • mosaznýCzech
  • dreistGerman
  • ορειχάλκινοςGreek
  • descaradoSpanish
  • julkeaFinnish
  • brutale, éhontée, cuivreux, grossier, impénétrable, grossière, éhonté, aigu, aigue, brutal, dur comme de la pierreFrench
  • ottone, ottonato, squillante, faccia di bronzoItalian
  • aereaLatin
  • месинганMacedonian
  • keihard, brutaal, schaamteloos, schel, koperachtig, ondoordringbaar, grofDutch
  • nachalnyPolish
  • descaradoPortuguese
  • бронзовый, бесстыжий, наглый, бессовестныйRussian
  • fräckSwedish
  • หน้าด้านThai
  • 厚颜无耻Chinese

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