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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : brey-zuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪ zən |
Definition of brazen
Origin :- Old English bræsen "of brass," from bræs "brass" (see brass) + -en (2). The figurative sense of "hardened in effrontery" is 1570s (in brazen-face), perhaps suggesting a face unable to show shame (see brass). To brazen it out "face impudently" is from 1550s.
- adj brash, unashamed
- A brazen urn was carried round, in which every citizen deposited a pebble.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- In the midst of the barrier stood an altar, on the top of which was a brazen eagle.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- She gnashed her white tusks, and dug into the sand with her brazen claws.
- Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He was more than ever sure that Grannie was a simpleton and Csar a brazen hypocrite.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- A crash of brazen music burst upon the ear and drowned the voice.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- "It was a bargain of coercion, Monsieur," she answered attempting to brazen it out.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- During the last melee, the brazen lips of the cannon were dumb.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- He rattled his sword in its brazen scabbard, but it gave no answer back to him.
- Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
- Its voice was not the trumpeting of the disreputable goddess we all know—not blatant—not brazen.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- He would have judged her brazen, little knowing the warm passion of her tears.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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