Definition of "brazen" []

• Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity. See Synonyms at shameless. (adjective)
• Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound: "sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band” ( James Joyce). (adjective)
• Made of brass. (adjective)
• Resembling brass, as in color or strength. (adjective)
• To face or undergo with bold self-assurance: brazened out the crisis. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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