Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   ashamed(p)

   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

2. brazenverb

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

   Antonyms:
   ashamed(p)

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

3. brazenverb

   face with defiance or impudence

   "brazen it out"

   Antonyms:
   ashamed(p)

How to use brazen in a sentence?

1. Tom Waldo:

   This is a brazen attempt by the Forest Service to rewrite the rules for the forest, and it's coming at the expense of habitat on Prince of Wales Island that's important for wildlife and for people and communities, for hunting, fishing, recreation and tourism.

2. State John Kerry:

   Russia has engaged in an absolutely brazen and cynical process over these last days, we are talking about additional sanctions, about additional efforts, and I'm confident over the next days people will make it clear that we are not going to play this game.

3. Peter Kidd:

   In my view, the first episode in the priest's sacristy involved a brazen and forceful sexual attack on the two victims, the acts were sexually graphic. Both victims were visibly and audibly distressed during this offending.

4. Toledo Blade:

   The harassment and detention of The Blade's reporter and photographer, the confiscation of their equipment, and the brazen destruction of lawful photographs cannot be justified by a claim of military authority or by the supposed imperatives of the national security state, the Blade is pleased with this resolution of the crucial First Amendment issues at stake in this matter.

5. Peter Harrell:

   They usually at least make an effort to repaint the sign, even if it is the same address and same cast of characters in front of you, operating 10 years without changing the name, that's pretty brazen.

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