Definition of Brazenness

1. Noun. Behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame.

Exact synonyms: Shamelessness
Generic synonyms: Boldness, Daring, Hardihood, Hardiness
Derivative terms: Brazen, Shameless

Definition of Brazenness

1. n. The quality or state of being brazen.

Definition of Brazenness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being brazen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brazenness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazenness

braza
brazas
braze
brazed
brazeletta
brazen
brazen-faced
brazen bull
brazen bulls
brazened
brazenface
brazenfaced
brazenfaces
brazening
brazenly
brazenness (current term)
brazennesses
brazenry
brazens
brazer
brazers
brazes
brazier
brazierlike
braziers
brazil
brazil-nut tree
brazil nut
brazil wood
brazilein

Literary usage of Brazenness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"Yes, better quality nor any you're like to carry : you've got nothing first-rate but brazenness, I'll be bound," said Mrs. Glegg, with a triumphant sense of ..."

2. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses Simpson Grant (1885)
"He left, no doubt, as much amazed at my assurance as I was at the brazenness of his request. On the i ith of July General Halleck received tele- ..."

3. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... large lightish-gray eyes, which were always very wide open; he had a sonorous bass voice, and an air of defiant self-confidence inclining to brazenness. ..."

4. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"... neglect business, and transform itself into an electioneering forum, with the brazenness of the Congresses of the middle of the last century. ..."

5. France by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine, Witt (Henriette Elizabeth), Guizot (François) (1898)
"... and when the poor wretches died with more than usual firmness, he would say, 'See, sir, what brazenness and madness: the fear of death cannot abate ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"In rapid succession, brazenness is exchanged for modesty, loquacity for silence, gayety for moroseness, irritability for sullenness. ..."

7. The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-earners by Samuel Peter Orth (1919)
"With this sagacity of leadership Gompers has combined a fearlessness that sometimes verges on brazenness. He has never hesitated to enter a contest when it ..."

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