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| brazen | |
| 1. adj. (archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength). |  |
| 2. adj. Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments. | |
| 3. adj. (archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute. | |
| 4. adj. Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing. | |
| She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on closed-circuit television doing so. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To turn a brass color. | |
| 6. v. Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. | |
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