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- Dictionaryaudacious/ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks: "a series of audacious takeovers" Similar Opposite
- 2. showing an impudent lack of respect: "he made an audacious remark" Similar Opposite
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showing a willingness to take risks or offend people: He described the plan as ambitious and audacious. an audacious remark / suggestion. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Brave and courageous. adventurously. ballsy. be man enough to do something idiom. be woman enough to do something idiom. fearlessly. gallantly. get up phrasal verb.
The meaning of AUDACIOUS is intrepidly daring : adventurous. How to use audacious in a sentence. Did you know?
extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer. Synonyms: venturesome, dauntless, intrepid, courageous. Antonyms: cowardly. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
The adjective audacious comes from the Latin word audacia and means "daring, boldness, courage," and often gets applied in situations where someone does something pretty unusual, like becoming an astronaut and going to the moon.
1. Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous, brave. 2. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; brazen or insolent: audacious rudeness. 3. Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.
recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen. 4. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited. an audacious interpretation of her role. SYNONYMS 1. courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3. unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward. ANTONYMS 1. cowardly.
Bold or daring; fearless. Webster's New World. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; brazen or insolent. Audacious rudeness. American Heritage. Not restrained by a sense of shame or propriety; rudely bold; brazen. Webster's New World. Spirited and original. An audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.
Definition of audacious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future. recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
