1
: made of brass
drinking from brazen cups
2
a
: sounding harsh and loud like struck brass
the horrible brazen voice of the fire bell—
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b
: of the color of polished brass
3
: marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness
a brazen disregard for the rules
brazenly
adverb
brazened; brazening
ˈbrāz-niŋ,
ˈbrā-zᵊn-iŋ
: to face with defiance or impudence
—usually used in the phrase brazen it out
Examples of brazen in a Sentence
Adjective
He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich
Verb
a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke
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Adjective
By the early 1990s, RAM’s Thursday night concerts were wildly popular, marathon affairs charged with increasingly brazen protests against the military junta that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
His assassination marked a significant and brazen escalation in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia that began in February 2022 when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the Eastern European nation.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
First, there are highly vocal AI luminaires making individualized brazen predictions.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
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“Brazen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brazen. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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brazen
2 of 2 verb
brazened; brazening
ˈbrāz-niŋ
-ᵊn-iŋ
: to face boldly or defiantly
an enemy who'd rather brazen it out than surrender
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