| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
Synonyms: |
audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | assured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confident |
Synonyms: |
assertive, audacious, bold, brazen, certain, cocksure, collected, complacent, composed, confident, cool, gung ho, gutsy, high*, imperturbable, overconfident, poised, positive, puffed up, pumped up, pushy, rosy, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, sure, unflappable, unhesitating, upbeat* |
Antonyms: |
confused, dismayed, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, fearful, hesitant, nervous |
| Main Entry: | audacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, presumptuous |
Synonyms: |
assuming, bantam, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, defiant, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, rude, saucy, shameless |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest, reserved, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | barefaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless; open |
Synonyms: |
apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, candid, clear, flagrant, frank, glaring, immodest, impudent, insolent, manifest, naked, obvious, palpable, temerarious, transparent, unabashed, unconcealed |
Antonyms: |
careful, quiet, shamed |
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
Synonyms: |
badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor, vaunt, yap |
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
Synonyms: |
arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | cheeky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
Synonyms: |
audacious, ballsy, bold, brash, brazen, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, insolent, insulting, nervy, saucy |
| Main Entry: | flagrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flaunting, blatant; without shame |
Synonyms: |
arrant, atrocious, awful, bare-faced, bold, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, flagitous, flaming, flashy*, glaring, grody, gross*, hanging out, heinous, immodest, infamous, noticeable, notorious, obvious, open, ostentatious, out-and-out, outrageous, rank, scandalous, shameful, shameless, shocking, stick out like sore thumb, striking, undisguised, wicked |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
Antonyms: |
concealed, disguised, hidden, mild, moral, restrained, secret |
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
Synonyms: |
blatant, brazen, catchpenny, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, glittery, glitzy, jazzy, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, impertinent |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, assuming, audacious, bantam, bare-faced, bold, brazen, cheeky*, coming on strong, confident, familiar, fresh, impudent, nervy, overassertive, overweening, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, pushy*, rude, sassy*, saucy*, self-assertive, smart, smart-alecky, uppity, wise |
Antonyms: |
meek, reserved, shy, timid |