as in bold
displaying or marked by rude boldness
a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich
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as in to confront
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke
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Recent Examples of brazen
Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But the brazen attack on four people sleeping last Thursday morning unnerved him.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
The movie may be a bit cavalier in its expert execution and pulpy plot twists, but Unsane’s brazen disreputability ends up being a feature, not a bug.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
The president’s new cryptocurrency is even too brazen for some of his supporters.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
What is happening now is a brazen and unconstitutional attempt to disband the rule of law.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But the brazen attack on four people sleeping last Thursday morning unnerved him.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
The movie may be a bit cavalier in its expert execution and pulpy plot twists, but Unsane’s brazen disreputability ends up being a feature, not a bug.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
The president’s new cryptocurrency is even too brazen for some of his supporters.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brazen
Adjective
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The case for a new general manager is that person would be able to better identify the types of players necessary to round at this roster and have the foresight to take bold and proactive action to make moves happen.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Her makeup included bold brows and a smokey eye with a glossy lip.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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On the internet, you are confronted with different perspectives on reality.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Then, in November, with the election of Donald Trump and the Republicans’ return to power in Congress, the question of how best to respond to opioid-use disorder was confronted with new uncertainty.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2024
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
Edward P. Joseph,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2016
Verb
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Such a shift invokes concomitant issues, ones that Bentley is not alone in facing.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 11-year-old had faced numerous health challenges and was very frail, Fasino wrote in a Facebook post.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Sean also leaned on other gurus in wellness, like Deepak Chopra, Jay Shetty and even unexpected ones like Jay-Z. Additional support came from wise elders in his family, like his mom, in creating this interactive guidebook.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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Leave it to a wise little girl to remind us that there are in fact, more important, things in winning—a loving family, for instance.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Sandy Liang Emhoff braved the cold at Sandy Liang, layering a puff-sleeve baby-doll dress over baggy light wash jeans.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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George Clooney braved the New York City cold on Thursday, Feb. 7 for one very special reason.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.—
Ryan Murphy,
The Indianapolis Star,
2 Dec. 2024
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Her subversive and dominating personality, and sometimes insolent rhetoric in her active X presence set her apart from the likes of other female AI chatbots, such as Siri whose aim is to assist and serve.—
Fatemeh Fannizadeh,
Forbes,
18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The story also ticked all their boxes, and rather reflected their own: a comedy about a core gang pulling off an audacious stunt.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Abdullah was asked repeatedly about Mr. Trump's audacious plan to remake the Middle East, but didn't make substantive comments on it nor the idea that his country could accept large numbers of new refugees from Gaza.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Brazen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brazen. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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