Brazen vs. Shameless — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brazen and Shameless
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Brazen
Bold and without shame
A brazen hussy
He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance
Shameless
Feeling no shame; impervious to disgrace.
Brazen
Made of brass
Brazen fire irons
Shameless
Marked by a lack of shame
A shameless lie.
Brazen
Endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame
There was nothing to do but brazen it out
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Shameless
Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
Brazen
Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold.
Shameless
(obsolete) Not subject to shaming or reproach from the outside.
Brazen
Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound
"sudden brazen clashes of the soldiers' band" (James Joyce).
Shameless
Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.
Brazen
Made of brass.
Shameless
Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.
Brazen
Resembling brass, as in color or strength.
Shameless
Feeling no shame;
A shameless imposter
An unblushing apologist for fascism
Brazen
To face or undergo with bold self-assurance
Brazened out the crisis.
Brazen
(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
Brazen
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
Brazen
(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
Brazen
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.
Brazen
(intransitive) To turn a brass color.
Brazen
(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc.
Brazen
Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
Brazen
Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
Brazen
Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
Brazen
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.
Brazen
Face with defiance or impudence;
Brazen it out
Brazen
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
Brazen
Made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
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