Brazen and Shamefaced

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Brazen adjective - Displaying or marked by rude boldness.

Usage example: a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich

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Shamefaced is an antonym for brazen in brash topic.

Nearby Word: brazenly

Shamefaced adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

Usage example: the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes

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Brazen is an antonym for shamefaced.

Nearby Word: shamefacedly

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Shamefaced and Brazen. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/brazen/shamefaced

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