Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fearless daring; intrepidity.
- noun Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
- noun An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Boldness; daring; confidence; intrepidity.
- noun Reckless daring; venturesomeness.
- noun Audaciousness; presumptuous impudence; effrontery: in a bad sense, and often implying a contempt of law or moral restraint: as, “arrogant audacity,”
- noun An audacious person or act.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
- noun Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Insolent boldness , especially whenimprudent orunconventional . - noun
Fearlessness ,intrepid daring .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
- noun fearless daring
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed, the milder manners of the patrician body were ill suited to resist this ermined demagogue, whose motto through life was _audacity, again audacity, and always audacity_.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Indeed, the milder manners of the patrician body were ill suited to resist this ermined demagogue, whose motto through life was _audacity, again audacity, and always audacity_.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Joe was practicing what I call the audacity of veracity.
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I think the skittish ConservaDems are wrong on the substance and the politics, a little audacity is what Dems and the country need, but one raised eyebrow from David Broder and an interactive poll about socialism from al Foxeera is enough to send the likes of McCaskill and Webb heading for the hills and hiding under their moist-mattressed beds.
Matthew Yglesias » Setback for Public Option Revival as Rockefeller Says No 2010
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Is there any way that I can do this in audacity? place head in bucket record sound
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"The president I believe is familiar with the word audacity," he said.
Democrats Still Face Jobs Pressure Elizabeth Williamson 2010
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"The president I believe is familiar with the word audacity," he said.
Democrats Still Face Jobs Pressure Elizabeth Williamson 2010
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"The president I believe is familiar with the word audacity," he said.
Democrats Still Face Jobs Pressure Elizabeth Williamson 2010
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Its creative and artistic audacity is paralleled only by the sheer exuberance with which creators Kevin and Kerry Conran spin their tale.
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Mary Frances Bragiel, is the word audacity too harsh?
Prolagus commented on the word audacity
One of Obama's keywords.
Last week, I heard a conversation in the train: a man asked a woman (who was reading The audacity of hope) about that word. He didn't know its meaning.
Was it a good choice for a politician's book title, then?
September 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word audacity
It's a pretty common word. I'm surprised the man didn't know it.
September 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word audacity
Especially if he was interested enough to pick up the book...
September 23, 2008
frindley commented on the word audacity
Perhaps not a good choice for a politician, but a good choice for a leader.
September 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word audacity
Sounds as though the woman was reading the book and the man asked about it, no? Either way...common enough word.
September 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word audacity
Oh. Sorry, I got that wrong...
September 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word audacity
The audacity! ;->
September 24, 2008
100000656913442 commented on the word audacity
"she had the audacity to just copy my test answers"(i came up with that sentence)
September 23, 2010
Louises commented on the word audacity
"Nothing like the blood and meat of the young. You can taste the audacity of hope". "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan
February 25, 2012