Meaning & use
Brazenness
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Bold, shameless, or defiant behavior, especially in doing something considered wrong or inappropriate.
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The brazenness of the theft, committed in broad daylight, shocked the neighborhood.
I admired the brazenness of her question, even though it caught everyone off guard.
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"Brazen" originally meant "made of brass," and the word evolved to describe a hard, unyielding, shameless boldness, much like the metal itself.
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