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Brazen vs. Shameless — What's the Difference?

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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