Brazen vs Audacious - What's the difference?
brazen | audacious |
(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 31.
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Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable.
Shamelessly shocking and offensive; impudent; barefaced; immodest; or unblushing.
To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out'' or ''through .
* W. Black.
English adjectives ending in -en
Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
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Impudent.
As adjectives the difference between brazen and audacious
is that brazen is pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength) while audacious is showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.As a verb brazen
is to carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.brazen
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*Adjective
(en adjective)- Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
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- Brazen enough to spit on one of her students during class and wipe it in with her hand.
Derived terms
* brazen age * brazen seaVerb
(en verb)- Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
Derived terms
* brazen it outReferences
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Adjective
(en adjective)- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
