What does brazen mean?
Word: Brazen
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Brazen means bold and shameless about doing something wrong, without trying to hide it.
Synonyms: shameless, bold, impudent, barefaced
Antonyms: ashamed, timid
How do you spell brazen?
Syllables: bra - zen
Tricky part: The middle sound is a z, not an s. Brasen is the most common mistake.
Watch out for: brasen, braizen, brazzen
Memory tip: Picture a bee buzzing boldly into the classroom: brazen is bold, and it buzzes with a z.
Idioms and Phrases
- brazen it out: to act as if you have done nothing wrong even when you are caught Example: "Even when the teacher found the chits, the boy tried to brazen it out."
Brazen in a sentence
Example 1: It was brazen of Arjun to eat his sister's sweets and then blame the cat.
Example 2: It was brazen of him to cut the queue right in front of the guard.
Example 3: She told a brazen lie and did not even blush.
Fun Fact
The Old English word braesen meant made of brass. Brass is hard, so a person who seemed hard-faced and unashamed came to be called brazen.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: brazen
a) rude
b) modest
c) daring
d) cheeky
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b) modest. A modest person is shy and humble, which is the reverse of brazen.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
br_z_n
a) e,e
b) a,i
c) a,e
d) a,a
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c) a,e. The first vowel is the long a heard in bray, and the ending is a light en, as in frozen.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) rebelious
b) arrogent
c) brazen
d) defiyant
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c) brazen. Defiant has no y, arrogant ends in ant, and rebellious needs a double l.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
zenbra
a) braver
b) frozen
c) blazer
d) brazen
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d) brazen. Blazer needs an l, frozen an f and an o, and braver a v.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which act is brazen?
a) copying answers while the teacher watches
b) waiting your turn patiently in a queue
c) returning a lost wallet to its owner
d) saying sorry to a friend after a mistake
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a) copying answers while the teacher watches
2. Rohan brazenly walked into the staff room without knocking. How did he walk in?
a) nervously, glancing around
b) openly, not caring who saw
c) slowly, because he was tired
d) quietly, hoping no one noticed
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b) openly, not caring who saw
