Synonyms for brazen
ˈbreɪ zənbrazen

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1. audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolentadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   brazen-faced, flip, meretricious, audacious, gimcrack, loud, brassy, flashy, intrepid, fearless, hardy, bodacious, venturous, daring, cheap, trashy, venturesome, brave, insolent, gaudy, garish, tatty, unfearing, bald, snotty-nosed, tawdry, brasslike, impudent, barefaced, bald-faced, dauntless, flash, tacky

   Antonyms:
   ashamed(p)

2. brazenverb

   made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

   Synonyms:
   audacious, bald-faced, brazen-faced, insolent, brassy, barefaced, bodacious

   Antonyms:
   ashamed(p)

3. brazenverb

   face with defiance or impudence

   "brazen it out"

   Antonyms:
   ashamed(p)

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1. brazenadjective

   Synonyms:
   made of brass

2. brazenadjective

   Synonyms:
   bold, BRAZEN-FACED

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1. List of paraphrases for "brazen":

   shameless, blatant, impudent, rude, flagrant, barefaced, audacious, insolent, cocky, snotty

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1. Ricardo Garcia:

   This is nothing new, when I read about the officers thinking this way, I wasn't shocked by their actions. I was actually more surprised at the fact that they were so brazen, so bold, to communicate electronically back and forth.

2. Larry Hogan:

   We have offered the full resources of the Maryland State Police to assist in the investigation, this was a cowardly, brazen act to walk up and open fire on a police officer who was doing what we asked that officer to do -- to go out to protect and serve.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   When banks plead guilty to a crime, federal agencies must do more than look the other way, the SEC has already granted waivers to each of these banks without any detailed explanation, but it is not too late for the Department of Labor to hold a public hearing before it decides that such brazen lawbreakers can be trusted managing workers' retirement accounts.

4. Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder:

   Don't get brazen with me, you know very well that an attorney can't go into these types of areas when the judge has already ruled without asking outside the presence of the jury to do so, so don't give me that.

5. Dan Backer:

   This is exactly the scenario that they said would occur, they were so brazen about it yet so sloppy.