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
As part of its latest stunt, MSCHF, a venture-backed creative studio that’s smarter and more audacious than most, is poking a little fun at the venture industry itself and perhaps publications like TechCrunch too.
MSCHF’s Push Party raises an unconventional seed round at a $200 million valuation | Lucas Matney | November 9, 2020 | TechCrunchThe vision is audacious and is being backed by some of the smartest programmers and tech investors in the world.
The blockchain industry faces a moment of truth as high-profile projects go live | Jeff | October 21, 2020 | FortuneLighthizer set out on an audacious plan to rebalance American trade relationships around the world, levying sweeping tariffs, hamstringing international institutions, pulling out of agreements and threatening to ditch even more.
Robert Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. Nobody Knows What Happens Next. | by Lydia DePillis | October 13, 2020 | ProPublicaAll of this should give Europe’s most ambitious minds the confidence to go after the really audacious opportunities, without feeling the need to necessarily relocate the entire company to the States.
Piketty’s audacious follow-up, Capital and Ideology, is getting a much frostier reception.
Beijing loved Thomas Piketty’s critique of capitalism—until he turned to China | Mary Hui | August 31, 2020 | Quartz
Most audaciously, given what the technology does, Google claims it encourages us to “explore the world around you.”
Google Glass’s Insane, Terrifying Etiquette Guide | Tim Teeman | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"I thought you didn't look like a drinkin' man," she answered audaciously.
From Sand Hill to Pine | Bret HarteHis opinion had gone through the evolution that Madame de la Baudraye had so audaciously prophesied at their first meeting.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de BalzacWould he spoil it by going too far, or would he shrink affrighted from the position audaciously assumed?
Deep silence fell about the little camp, planted there so audaciously in the jaws of the wilderness.
The Wendigo | Algernon BlackwoodThen, audaciously crossing the broad gulf, she had turned her prow toward Emporion, and had skirted the coasts of Iberia.
Snnica | Vicente Blasco Ibez
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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