audacious

If 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

audacious

/ (ɔːˈdeɪʃəs) /

adjective

recklessly bold or daring; fearless

impudent or presumptuous

Derived Forms

audaciously, adverbaudaciousness or audacity (ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for audacious

C16: from Latin audāx bold, from audēre to dare

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