brazen
brazen Lexical Profile
brazen Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Bold and without shame; acting or done in an open, defiant, and unashamed manner.
"The committee was shocked by the official's brazen disregard for the ethics rules."
Made of brass, or resembling brass in yellow-gold color or harsh, metallic sound.
"The ancient temple doors were adorned with heavy brazen hinges and ornate plaques."
• verb
To endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by acting with apparent confidence and lack of shame (usually used with 'out').
"Despite the mounting evidence against him, he decided to brazen it out during the press conference."
• Rhymes for brazen
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English bræsen, meaning 'made of brass', derived from bræs ('brass') and the suffix -en. The figurative sense of 'shameless' or 'impudent' emerged in the 16th century from the metaphor of having a 'face of brass'—incapable of showing embarrassment or blushing.