brazen

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., -zened, -zen·ing, -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.]

brazenly bra'zen·ly adv.
brazenness bra'zen·ness n.

adjective

1. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang wise. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
2. Characterized by or done without shame: bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing. Informal brassy. See courtesy/discourtesy, respect/contempt/standing, right/wrong.

adj

Definition: brash, unashamed
Antonyms: humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: face with defiance or impudence

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The adjective brazen has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: unrestrained by convention or propriety
  Synonyms: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent

Meaning #2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
  Pertains to noun: brass (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fræk, skamløs
v. tr. - være fræk

idioms:

• brazen it out    være fræk og lade som ingenting
• brazen out    klare ved hjælp af frækhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
brutaal, onbeschaamd, koperachtig, schel

Français (French)
adj. - (fig) impudent, effronté, de cuivre (jaune), de laiton
v. tr. - crâner (fam)

idioms:

• brazen it out    payer d'effronterie
• brazen something out    payer d'effronterie, crâner (fam)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unverschämt, aus Messing, metallisch
v. - trotzen, frech machen

idioms:

• brazen it out    trotzen
• brazen something out    sich mit Lügen und Betrügen durchsetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδιάντροπος, θρασύτατος, ορειχάλκινος, μπρούτζινος, (για ήχο) διαπεραστικός, στριγκός

idioms:

• brazen it out    δεν ιδρώνει τ' αφτί μου
• brazen out    αντιμετωπίζω ευθαρσώς, δεν ιδρώνει τ' αφτί μου

Italiano (Italian)
impertinente, sfacciato, insolente, impudente

idioms:

• brazen out    affrontare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de latão, alto, descarado

idioms:

• brazen (it) out    enfrentar algo descaradamente

Русский (Russian)
наглый

idioms:

• brazen (it) out    не каяться

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de latón , broncíneo, bronceado, descarado, impertinente
v. tr. - dar atrevimiento o descaro, afrontar, sostener

idioms:

• brazen it out    afrontar, sostener, llevar a cabo con decisión o desfachatez
• brazen something out    negar descaradamente una falta evidente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - av mässing, mässingsgul, skränig, skamlös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
黄铜的, 坚硬的, 黄铜色的, 响而刺耳的, 使变得无耻, 厚着脸皮做

idioms:

• brazen it out    厚着脸皮做下去
• brazen out    厚着脸对待

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 黃銅的, 堅硬的, 黃銅色的, 響而刺耳的
v. tr. - 使變得無恥, 厚著臉皮做

idioms:

• brazen it out    厚著臉皮做下去
• brazen out    厚著臉對待

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 놋쇠로 만든, 뻔뻔스러운
v. tr. - 뻔뻔스럽게도 ~하다

idioms:

• brazen it out    철면피하게 해내다
• brazen out    막무가내로 밀고 나가다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 真ちゅう製の, 真ちゅう色の, 不快な金属音の, 厚かましい

idioms:

• brazen (it) out    ずうずうしく立ち向かう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صفيق الوجه, قليل الحياء, نحاسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חצוף, מתכתי, פליזי, שקולו צורמני‬
v. tr. - ‮התריס בפני‬

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