audacious
/ɔ:'deiʃəs/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks; daring or adventurous: Describes a person, action, or idea that is characterized by a fearless, bold, or original approach, often in the face of difficulty or convention.
- Showing an impudent lack of respect; very bold or presumptuous: Describes behavior or speech that is shockingly bold, disrespectful, or brazen, often crossing the lines of propriety.
Examples of Usage
- In the sense of "daring or adventurous":
- The company had audacious plans to colonize Mars.
- She made an audacious bid for the leadership position.
- In the sense of "boldly rude or disrespectful":
- He had the audacious nerve to ask for a raise on his first day.
- Her audacious remark shocked the entire audience.
Advanced Usage
- "Audacious" can describe abstract concepts like plans, visions, or artistic interpretations that are remarkably bold and original.
- The director's audacious reimagining of the classic play divided critics.
- It can be used to intensify a description of defiance or cheekiness.
- It was an audacious act of rebellion against the established rules.
Variants and Related Words
- Audaciously (adverb): In a daring or boldly disrespectful manner.
- He audaciously challenged the professor's theory.
- Audacity (noun): The quality of being audacious; boldness or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or propriety.
- She had the audacity to speak truth to power.
Synonyms
- Daring: Adventurous courage.
- Bold: Fearless before danger; requiring or exhibiting courage.
- Intrepid: Resolutely fearless; dauntless.
- Brazen: Shameless and bold; made of brass.
- Barefaced: Shameless; undisguised.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Audacious spirit: A phrase describing a person's inherently bold and adventurous nature.
- The pioneers were known for their audacious spirit.
- Sheer audacity: Used to emphasize the shocking nature of an impudent act.
- The theft was carried out with sheer audacity in broad daylight.
Adjective
- disposed to venture or take risks
- audacious visions of the total conquest of space
- an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
- the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
- a venturesome investor
- a venturous spirit
- unrestrained by convention or propriety
- an audacious trick to pull
- a barefaced hypocrite
- the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim- Los Angeles Times
- bald-faced lies
- brazen arrogance
- the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress- Bertrand Russell
- invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- audacious explorers
- fearless reporters and photographers
- intrepid pioneers