单词 | brazen |
释义 | brazen (once / 1142 pages) 1adjv 2adj With brazen disregard for the sign that said "no cellphones please" the woman took a long call in the doctor's office waiting room. Brazen refers to something shocking, done shamelessly. The Middle English word was brasen "made of brass," from Old English bræsen, from bræs "brass." In fact a near synonym of brazen is our English word brassy, which has the additional meaning of being loud and showy. WORD FAMILYbrazen: brazened, brazenest, brazening, brazenly, brazenness, brazens USAGE EXAMPLESThey were “engaged in one of the largest and most brazen investment frauds perpetrated on the investing public,” said Brooklyn U.S. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) It was a brazen change in tactics, moving the Russians from espionage to influence operations. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle’s brazen attempt to reinvigorate the old-fashioned movie musical, is a fantasy on a lot of different levels. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1 1adj unrestrained by convention or propriety brazen arrogance Syn audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame 2v face with defiance or impudence 2brazen it out Hyper dare, defy challenge adj made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness) |
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