| 单词 | bodacious |
| 释义 | bodacious (once / 144138 pages) adj When you announced to the CEO of the company where you had your first job that you were going to have his job before you retired, it was a bodacious move. Bodacious means bold, audacious, and brazen. Sometimes it can mean attractive and sexy as well. The adjective bodacious is probably a blend of the words bold and audacious. It's a southern term, associated for a time with surfers, who might admire a particularly "bodacious wave." That sense of admiration may be what's connected the word to its secondary meaning of attractive or sexy, as in "that party is going to be filled with bodacious babes." WORD FAMILYbodacious: bodaciously USAGE EXAMPLESA bodacious group of conservatives will assemble with much on their minds in the nation’s capital in the next 72 hours. Washington Times(Nov 16, 2016) Air Time joins the ranks of legendary bulls like Bodacious and, more recently, Bushwacker. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) Those who miss the bodacious campaign presence of former presidential hopeful Rick Perry are in luck. Washington Times(Aug 30, 2016) 1adj unrestrained by convention or propriety "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times Syn audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame 2adj incorrigible a bodacious gossip Syn unmitigated not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier |
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