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brazen-faced

/ˈbɹeɪ.zənˌfeɪst/

brazen-faced adjective: impudent; open and without shame.

Adjective

brazen-faced (comparative more brazen-faced, superlative most brazen-faced)

  1. Impudent; open and without shame.
    • It is rude, madam,
      To intrude, madam,
      With your brood, madam,
      Brazen-faced!1882, Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe

brazen-faced meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Thai

brazen-faced in Tamil

வீம்புத்தனமான, ஆணவம் நிறைந்த

brazen-faced in Bengali

নির্লজ্জ, প্রকাশ্য এবং লজ্জাহীন

brazen-faced in Thai

Impudent
หน้าด้าน nâa-dâan

Forms of brazen-faced

comparativemore brazen-faced
superlativemost brazen-faced

Origin of brazen-faced

From brazen + faced. Compare typologically French front d’airain, Russian ме́дный лоб (médnyj lob).

Questions about brazen-faced

What does brazen-faced mean?
Brazen-faced means impudent; open and without shame.
What is brazen-faced in Tamil?
Brazen-faced in Tamil is வீம்புத்தனமான, ஆணவம் நிறைந்த. See Brazen-faced meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brazen-faced?
Brazen-faced is an adjective.
How do you pronounce brazen-faced?
Brazen-faced is pronounced /ˈbɹeɪ.zənˌfeɪst/.

Words near brazen-faced in the dictionary

  1. brazen bull
  2. brazen bulls
  3. brazen out
  4. Brazen Sea
  5. brazen-face
  6. brazen-faced
  7. brazen-faces
  8. brazened
  9. brazened out
  10. brazenest
  11. brazenfaced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brazen-faced (page history and authors); brazen-faced (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazen-faced (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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