brazen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brazen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for brazen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brazen adj unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell Synonym(s): audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness) v face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brazen \Bra"zen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brazened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazening}.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brazen \Bra"zen\, a.[OE. brasen, AS. br[91]sen. See {Brass}.] 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) (Arch[91]ol.) See under {Bronze}. {Brazen sea} (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.