brazen vs demur

brazen

verb
  • Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. 

  • To turn a brass color. 

adj
  • Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing. 

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

demur

noun
  • An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop. 

verb
  • To interpose a demurrer. 

  • To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. 

  • To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk 

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