Brasen vs. Brazen

Brasenadjective

Same as Brazen.

Brazenadjective

(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).

Brazenadjective

Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

Brazenadjective

(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.

Brazenadjective

Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing.

‘She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on closed-circuit television doing so.’;

Brazenverb

(intransitive) To turn a brass color.

Brazenverb

(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.

Brazenadjective

Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.

Brazenadjective

Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.

Brazenadjective

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.

Brazenverb

To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.

‘Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.’;

Brazenverb

face with defiance or impudence;

‘brazen it out’;

Brazenadjective

unrestrained by convention or propriety;

‘an audacious trick to pull’; ‘a barefaced hypocrite’; ‘the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim’; ‘bold-faced lies’; ‘brazen arrogance’; ‘the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress’;

Brazenadjective

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

Brazenadjective

bold and without shame

‘a brazen hussy’; ‘he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance’;

Brazenadjective

made of brass

‘brazen fire irons’;

Brazenadjective

harsh in sound

‘the music's brazen chords’;

Brazenverb

endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame

‘there was nothing to do but brazen it out’;