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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bra·zen /ˈbrezṇ/
 (a.)黃銅制的,厚顏無恥的(vt.)厚臉皮地對待

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bra·zen a.
 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
 2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
 3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
 Brazen age. (a) Myth. The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) Archæol. See under Bronze.
 Brazen sea Jewish Antiq., a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bra·zen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
    Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.   --W. Black.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 brazen
      adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
             to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
             display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles
             Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the
             modern world with its quick material successes and
             insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of
             progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced,
              bodacious, bold-faced, brassy, brazen-faced,
             insolent]
      2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
      v : face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"