audacious
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.
Origin of audacious
1Other words for audacious
Opposites for audacious
Other words from audacious
- au·da·cious·ly, adverb
- au·da·cious·ness, noun
- un·au·da·cious, adjective
- un·au·da·cious·ly, adverb
- un·au·da·cious·ness, noun
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How to use audacious in a sentence
Then, for the next 20 years, the world challenges that audacious optimism.
On February 25, 1964, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali—at the time still going by the name Cassius Clay—gathered in a hotel room in Miami to celebrate Clay’s audacious victory over Sonny Liston earlier that evening.
One Night in Miami Blends Fact and Fiction to Bring Civil Rights-Era Luminaries to Life | Stephanie Zacharek | January 15, 2021 | TimeTheir audacious aim is to take on behemoths like Amazon, eBay and Etsy, where foreign goods sit alongside made-in-America merchandise, to ignite a spark for sustainable domestic manufacturers.
For a more budget-friendly heat, check out these sheets from Mellanni, which, despite the relatively audacious thread count, has more than enough reviews to back it up.
Best sheets: Choose the right bed linens for a good night’s sleep | Carsen Joenk | December 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceGiven all he had been through the past two years, none of it on the basketball court, it was an audacious stance.
John Wall never let down Southeast D.C. even if the basketball was frustrating | Kevin Blackistone | December 3, 2020 | Washington Post
If true, however, this would be bribery at its most audacious—and creative.
But in many ways, too, The Big Bang Theory is a far more audacious series than it gets credit for.
Record numbers of Scottish voters shot down an audacious bid to break their 300-year union with the United Kingdom.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe change, so audacious, so unorthodox, disconcerted the Costa Ricans.
Costa Rica vs. the Netherlands: A Tale of Two Goalies | Tunku Varadarajan | July 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut, just examine this heterogeneous pile of 'cigar-lights,' which rears its audacious head upon the table.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.But the outbreak of the Revolution opened a wider field to the audacious young Gascon.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattisonaudacious manDefies the threats of the avenging sea,And to new shores and to new stars repeatsThe same sad tale of infamy and woe.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiThis last is notable as containing what, as far as my Baronite knows, is the most audacious rhyme in the English language.
He, the conqueror, the irresistible, had never before met one of this audacious and headstrong breed.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for audacious
/ (ɔːˈdeɪʃəs) /
recklessly bold or daring; fearless
impudent or presumptuous
Origin of audacious
1Derived forms of audacious
- audaciously, adverb
- audaciousness or audacity (ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ), noun
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