Thesaurus: brazen

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1. a. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
2. a. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
3. a. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
4. v. t. To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
5. adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety
6. adj. made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
7. v. face with defiance or impudence
8. 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass. 2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. 3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests. To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.
9. To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen thematter through.Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she wasresolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.
10. j:100 v. face with defiance or impudence a. made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)