brazen

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbreɪzən/ UK /ˈbreɪzən/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like blazon /l/ vs /r/

Meanings

1

adj
bold and shameless; made of or like brass

She told a brazen lie without blinking.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · bold and shameless; made of... shameless bold impudent barefaced insolent unabashed audacious

Opposites

bashful timid modest ashamed demure

Word family

Derived forms brazenlybrazenness

Related forms brass brassy

Etymology

From Old English bræsen ('made of brass'), from bræs ('brass') + the suffix -en. The sense 'shameless, hardened' developed by metaphor from the toughness and brightness of brass.

bræsen Old English bræs Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# brazen

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbreɪzən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbreɪzən/

## Meanings
1. bold and shameless; made of or like brass

## Examples
- She told a brazen lie without blinking.

## Synonyms
- shameless
- bold
- impudent
- barefaced
- insolent
- unabashed
- audacious

## Antonyms
- bashful
- timid
- modest
- ashamed
- demure

## Derived Forms
- brazenly
- brazenness

## Related Forms
- brass
- brassy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bræsen
- Root: bræs

## Etymology
From Old English bræsen ('made of brass'), from bræs ('brass') + the suffix -en. The sense 'shameless, hardened' developed by metaphor from the toughness and brightness of brass.

## AI Etymology
Brazen is from Old English bræsen ('made of brass'), from bræs ('brass') + the suffix -en. The sense 'shameless, hardened' developed by metaphor from the toughness and brightness of brass. Important recorded forms include bræsen (Old English) and bræs (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers bold and shameless; made of or like brass. The wider family includes derived forms such as brazenly and brazenness and related words such as brass and brassy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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