audacious
[ aw-dey-shuhs ]
/ ɔˈdeɪ ʃəs /
adjective
extremely 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.
RELATED WORDS
foolhardy, bold, resolute, adventurous, courageous, risky, brazen, brassy, brave, cheeky, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, intrepid, nervy, rash, unafraid, undaunted, valiant
Nearby words
- auction pitch,
- auctioneer,
- auctorial,
- aucuba,
- aud.,
- audaciously,
- audacity,
- aude,
- auden,
- auden, w. h.
Origin of audacious
SYNONYMS FOR audacious
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audacious
/ (ɔːˈdeɪʃəs) /
adjective
recklessly bold or daring; fearless
impudent or presumptuous
Word Origin for audacious
C16: from Latin audāx bold, from audēre to dare
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audacious
1540s, "confident, intrepid," from Middle French audacieux, from audace "boldness," from Latin audacia "daring, boldness, courage," from audax "brave, bold, daring," but more often "bold" in a bad sense, "audacious, rash, foolhardy," from audere "to dare, be bold." Bad sense of "shameless" is attested from 1590s in English. Related: Audaciously.
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