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
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
The brazen heist unfolded about outside a Bank of America at Linden Blvd.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The reward has been hiked to $50,000 per escapee, authorities announced Thursday, a hefty increase from the $20,000 amount that had been in place for more than a week following the brazen May 16 escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center.
—Kati Weis, CBS News, 29 May 2025
The trio were three of 10 inmates to make the brazen May 16 escape from their Orleans Parish jail.
—Louis Casiano , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
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Adjective
Some marveled at the tolerance of the older dog, others at the brazen confidence of the younger.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
The brazen heist unfolded about outside a Bank of America at Linden Blvd.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The reward has been hiked to $50,000 per escapee, authorities announced Thursday, a hefty increase from the $20,000 amount that had been in place for more than a week following the brazen May 16 escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center.
—Kati Weis, CBS News, 29 May 2025
The trio were three of 10 inmates to make the brazen May 16 escape from their Orleans Parish jail.
—Louis Casiano , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brazen
Adjective
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Running a small business is a bold and courageous endeavor.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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From the postwar period to present, perhaps no nation of carmakers has made bolder strides or wielded greater influence on manufacturers and consumers alike than Japan.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
Verb
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If things feel overwhelming, consider this a green light to address the situation and confront what’s been lingering beneath the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Drawing from figures like James Baldwin and Richard Pryor, the artist confronts the failures of representation through works that are at once minimalist and deeply charged.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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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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One university, Oregon, is already facing an existing Title IX class action lawsuit that includes claims of inequitable treatment related to NIL opportunities and resources.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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Instead, as Apple heads into this year’s showcase, the company faces nagging questions about whether the nearly 50-year-old company has lost some of the mystique and innovative drive that turned it into a tech trendsetter.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Over the last two seasons, Alexander has missed 20 games due to injury, and adding him into a cornerback room that is already reeling from health issues would not be the wisest decision.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2025
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Which is wiser: Spending money on more firefighting resources after wildfires break out and absorbing the extraordinary cost of damages, or investing in technologies and training to prevent wildfires from happening in the first place?—
Abhishek Singh,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Across from me, Sabrina Carpenter is shoulders-deep in a cylindrical wooden ice bath of her own, braving four degrees Celsius in a baby-blue lace bikini.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
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Twelve-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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One’s insolent, calling him lame and old, and the other affectedly infantile, but both are exhausting in their own way.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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The government, in an insolent filing on Sunday evening, rewrote that instruction.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The American billionaire’s audacious and unsolicited offer for Wembley Stadium was £600million ($813m at current exchange rates) up front and £300m in future revenues from the venue’s lucrative prawn-sandwich-brigade business.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Russia has conducted extensive attacks on Ukraine in recent days, in what is being viewed as retaliation for an audacious drone operation by Kyiv that debilitated more than a third of Moscow’s strategic cruise missile carriers.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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“Brazen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brazen. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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