brazen vs smart-arsed

brazen

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

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

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. 

smart-arsed

adj
  • having the irritating qualities of a smart arse, with a know-it-all attitude. 

How often have the words brazen and smart-arsed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )