brazen
BRAY-zunadjMeaning bold and without any shame
Memory hook BRASS-en: BOLD as BRASS. In front of the whole family, the squirrel hops onto the picnic table, grabs a sandwich and stares right back at them; it is as bold as brass, brazen.
In a brazen move, the squirrel climbed onto the picnic table and grabbed a whole sandwich.
In context The thief was brazen: rather than sneaking in at night, he strolled through the front door at noon and waved at the security camera.
Similar shameless, bold, barefaced, audacious
Opposite shy, timid, modest
From Old English for “made of brass”: a brazen face is as hard and bold as brass.