This week’s word is brought to you by the letter ‘B’.
‘Brazen‘ has two meanings:
a) Made of brass; a term used mostly in older styles of English. e.g. a brazen cup
b) bold and without shame.
Synonyms include: blatant, bold, shameless, impudent, unabashed.
Examples of use for the second meaning:
- In a brazen assault, the robbers fired their weapons at the policeman.
- The brazen thief broke into the jewellery store even though he knew he knew they had a good security system.
- When I wasn’t looking, my brazen pet dog jumped up the table and stole my piece of roast chicken fillet.
- The brazen reporter did not hesitate to ask the star an unsuitable question.
- The opposition leader’s speech was full of brazen accusations of corruption and impropriety.
- When asked about the missing money in the cash register, he told me a mendacious and brazen lie.
- How many foreign visitors, cheated by scammers, have been surprised that such obvious swindling could be conducted in such brazen and open fashion?
- Although Jenny knew she had not finished her assignment, she made a brazen attempt to fool her teacher
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