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[ aw-dey-shuhs ] / ɔˈdeɪ ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR audacious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer. 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. Origin of audaciousFirst recorded in 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous SYNONYMS FOR audacious1 courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3 unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward. SEE SYNONYMS FOR audacious ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR audaciousSEE ANTONYMS FOR audacious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM audaciousau·da·cious·ly, adverbau·da·cious·ness, nounun·au·da·cious, adjectiveun·au·da·cious·ly, adverb un·au·da·cious·ness, noun Words nearby audaciousauction pinochle, auction pitch, auctorial, aucuba, AUD, audacious, audacity, Aude, Auden, Auden, W. H., Audhumla Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for audaciousIf true, however, this would be bribery at its most audacious—and creative. Putin’s World Cup Picasso ‘Bribe’|Tunku Varadarajan|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Record numbers of Scottish voters shot down an audacious bid to break their 300-year union with the United Kingdom. Scotland Says Resounding ‘No’ to Independence|Nico Hines|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was audacious and global in scope, yet annoying for being unavoidable. U2 Generously Gives Us a Lousy Album, Sucks at the Corporate Teat|Hampton Stevens|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The change, so audacious, so unorthodox, disconcerted the Costa Ricans. Costa Rica vs. the Netherlands: A Tale of Two Goalies|Tunku Varadarajan|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Variety taps Depardieu's "audacious performance [as] undeniably the pic's chief selling point." French Political Sex Movie About DSK Sets Cannes Aquiver|Tracy McNicoll|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Leo, without agreeing with her views, enjoyed her fresh and audacious character. The Road to the Open|Arthur Schnitzler But now for the juvenile but audacious Portland, who describes herself as "the commercial metropolis of the Northwest." Two Years in Oregon|Wallis Nash Not the melody only, but the often audacious, epigrammatic philosophy of her tongue as well, sold her calas and gingercakes. The Grandissimes|George Washington Cable And to think it had been performed by an audacious slip of a boy of fifteen! The World's Great Men of Music|Harriette Brower Wayne hesitated, partly to translate O'Reilly's rumblings and partly to marvel at an audacious idea taking shape in his mind. High Dragon Bump|Don Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for audacious
adjectiverecklessly bold or daring; fearless impudent or presumptuous Derived forms of audaciousaudaciously, adverbaudaciousness or audacity (ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for audaciousC16: from Latin audāx bold, from audēre to dare Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to audaciousfoolhardy, bold, resolute, adventurous, courageous, risky, brazen, brassy, brave, cheeky, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, intrepid, nervy, rash, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |