outbrazen means to bear down with a brazen face. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why “outbrazen” is a great word
OUTBRAZEN — [Verb] To surpass or overcome through shameless audacity or impudent boldness. From the English prefix out- (meaning "surpassing, exceeding") + brazen (meaning "bold and shameless"). Unlike outface, which suggests confronting with a steady, unflinching gaze, or defy, which implies open resistance, to outbrazen is to weaponize sheer effrontery as a tactical advantage. It is the thief calmly returning to the scene of the crime to offer assistance; the politician smiling through a proven lie until the accuser doubts their own memory; the child who meets a scowl with such unblinking, cheerful mischief that the intended reprimand dissolves into helpless laughter. A victory secured not in the arena of facts, but in the theater of audacity, where embarrassment is the only true defeat.
Etymology
From out- + brazen.
verb
- To bear down with a brazen face.
- To surpass in impudence.“see their impudence outbrazen'd by a club of mortal puritans”