Bold vs. Brazen

By Jaxson

  • Bold (noun)

    A dwelling; habitation; building.

  • Bold (adjective)

    Courageous, daring.

    “Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.”

  • Bold (adjective)

    Visually striking; conspicuous.

    “the painter’s bold use of colour and outline”

  • Bold (adjective)

    Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

    “The last word of this sentence is bold.”

  • Bold (adjective)

    Presumptuous, forward or impudent.

  • Bold (adjective)

    Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.

    “All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.”

  • Bold (adjective)

    Full-bodied.

  • Bold (adjective)

    Pornographic; depicting nudity.

  • Bold (adjective)

    Steep or abrupt.

  • Bold (verb)

    To make (a font or some text) bold.

  • Bold (verb)

    To make bold or daring.

  • Bold (verb)

    To become bold.

  • Brazen (adjective)

    Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).

  • Brazen (adjective)

    Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

  • Brazen (adjective)

    Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.

  • Brazen (adjective)

    Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing. from 1570s.

    “She was brazen enough to deny stealing the handbag even though she was caught on closed-circuit television doing so.”

  • Brazen (verb)

    To turn a brass color.

  • Brazen (verb)

    Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act risk, etc. from 1550s.

Wiktionary
  • Brazen (adjective)

    bold and without shame

    “a brazen hussy”

    “he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance”

  • Brazen (adjective)

    made of brass

    “brazen fire irons”

  • Brazen (adjective)

    harsh in sound

    “the music’s brazen chords”

  • Brazen (verb)

    endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame

    “there was nothing to do but brazen it out”

Oxford Dictionary

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