Definitions for Brazen
ˈbreɪ zənbrazen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brazenadjective

   Etymology: from brass.

   1. Made of 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.

   2. Proceeding from brass: a poetical use.

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

   3. Impudent.

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Defy

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How to pronounce Brazen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Brazen in sign language?

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. Ricardo Garcia:

   This is nothing new, when I read about the officers thinking this way, I wasn't shocked by their actions. I was actually more surprised at the fact that they were so brazen, so bold, to communicate electronically back and forth.

2. House Democrats:

   This information comes on the heels of reporting that OSC is also looking into Secretary Pompeo's stated commitment to rush out more of Hillary Clinton's emails by Election Day and as the Secretary has misused State Department resources on his speech tour of swing states, as we get closer to both this year's election and Secretary Pompeo own inevitable return to electoral politics, Secretary Pompeo has grown even more brazen in misusing the State Department and the taxpayer dollars that fund State Department as vehicles for the Administration's, and Secretary Pompeo own, political ambitions.

3. Peter Kidd:

   In my view, the first episode in the priest's sacristy involved a brazen and forceful sexual attack on the two victims, the acts were sexually graphic. Both victims were visibly and audibly distressed during this offending.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   Nancy Pelosi SLAMS CALIFORNIA ICE RAID AS' UNJUST AND CRUEL' AMID OUTCRY OVER MAYOR'S TIPOFF TO IMMIGRANTS The people of California will not be bowed by the Trump administration's brazen aggression and intimidation tactics, californians will continue to proudly keep our doors open to the immigrants who make America more American. We will fight this sham lawsuit and will fight all cowardly attacks on our immigrant communities. But in his remarks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared to be happy to fight, promising that the administration will win the fight and protect law enforcement in doing their jobs.

5. Alanah Odoms Hebert:

   We're committed to making sure this brazen attack on the constitutional right to abortion access never takes effect.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Brazen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brazen
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Brazen
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Brazen
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Brazen