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Definition of Brazen-faced
1. Adjective. Unrestrained by convention or propriety. "The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"
Similar to: Unashamed
Derivative terms: Audaciousness, Audacity, Brass, Brazenness, Insolence
Definition of Brazen-faced
1. Adjective. Impudent; open and without shame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazen-faced
Literary usage of Brazen-faced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... brazen-faced (common), impudent, shameless. See BRASS. Bread, or hard
tack (nautical), biscuit. Bread being termed " soft tack. ..."
2. Maryland as a Proprietary Province by Newton Dennison Mereness (1901)
"Worst of all, the renegade Bennet Allen, the most brazen faced among them, after
fighting hard that he might enjoy the possession of two benefices at the ..."
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