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brazenly

[brey-zuhn-lee] / ˈbreɪ zən li /
ADVERB
boldly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
courageously daringly eagerly fearlessly
WEAK
dauntlessly headlong recklessly stoutly valiantly venturesomely
Antonyms
WEAK
cautiously cowardly fearfully
ADVERB
openly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blatantly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly
WEAK
aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense without reserve
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely
WEAK
secretly shamefully
ADVERB
rudely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bluntly crudely harshly
STRONG
discourteously
WEAK
barbarously boorishly coarsely contemptuously crassly curtly disrespectfully imprudently indecently indecorously insolently loudly roughly sassily sharply snootily tactlessly unabashedly uncivilly uncouthly ungraciously vulgarly
Antonyms
WEAK
civilly courteously politely suavely

Example Sentences

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Twila charges in headfirst without concern for the consequences, whether it’s setting a bar on fire to escape the notice of KGB or brazenly approaching Russian sources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

They’re so wholehearted, so unashamed, so brazenly anti-cool that they’re irresistible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

When Sri Lanka's economy collapsed in 2022, politicians and officials were accused of brazenly stealing the island's assets.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

Mark Joseph Stern discussed this cowardly surrender to a brazenly unlawful threat and its dark ramifications for academic freedom with Balls and Strikes’ Jay Willis on this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025

Somewhat brazenly, I suppose, I laid all this out in my interview with Michael Riordan, the hospital’s new president.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama