Meaning of AUDACITY
| Pronunciation: | | o'dasitee
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- [n] aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision"
- [n] fearless daring
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| | Synonyms: | | audaciousness, chutzpah, hutzpa, temerity |
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| | See Also: | | assumption, boldness, brass, cheek, daring, effrontery, face, hardihood, nerve, presumption, presumptuousness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Au*dac"i*ty\, n.
1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce
of men. --Tatler.
2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a
contempt of law or moral restraints.
With the most arrogant audacity. --Joye.
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| | Related Terms: | | adventuresomeness, adventurousness, arrogance, assurance, audaciousness, balls, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brass, brassiness, bravado, bravura, brazenness, brinkmanship, bumptiousness, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, courage, courage fou, courting disaster, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daring, daringness, defial, defiance, defying, derision, derring-do, despite, disdain, disregard, effrontery, enterprise, face, fire-eating, flirting with death, foolhardiness, forwardness, gall, going for broke, hardihood, hardiness, harebrainedness, hubris, impertinence, impudence, insolence, mettle, nerve, obtrusiveness, overboldness, overweening, overweeningness, pertness, playing with fire, presumption, presumptuousness, procacity, pushiness, resolution, sauciness, spirit, uppishness, uppityness, venturesomeness, venturousness |
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