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audacious Definition

au·da·cious (ô dā′s̸həs)

adjective

  1. bold or daring; fearless
  2. not restrained by a sense of shame or propriety; rudely bold; brazen

Etymology: < L audacia, audacity < audax (gen. audacis), bold < audere, to dare, be bold

audacious Related Forms
au·da′·ciously adverb au·da′·cious·ness noun
audacious Synonyms

audacious

modif.

  1. Daring

    bold, daring, reckless, rash; see brave 1, rash.

  2. Impudent

    brazen, presumptuous, unabashed; see rude 2. See syn. study atbrave.

audacious Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • bid: Two audacious bids were made for your wallet last week.
  • debut: It's that rare thing, a second feature that actually improves on the audacious debut that preceded it.
  • attempt: The film is an audacious attempt to portray an ordinary man dealing with extraordinary emotions.
  • chip: He left his marker for dead before trying an audacious chip on the run with his left peg.
  • move: Inspired by the results from the practice green, Hans was to astound everyone with his next audacious move.
  • attack: May we never forget what happened when the Japanese launched an audacious sneak attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: Kate will be having words with the Poll Gremlins before we try something so audacious again.
  • typically: In a typically audacious action, Rampage struck at a Gold convoy passing Planet New London.
  • too: Perhaps the very idea was too audacious to succeed?
  • technically: The feature-length ' Tale of the Fox ' , Starewicz ' best-known work, is a technically audacious, gleefully wicked medieval animal fable.
  • even: Rather, our prayers can be confident, daring, even audacious.
  • truly: I have never been stung myself but some of the sh*t they try and pull on you is truly audacious.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: I particularly loved the fact that she appropriated the voices of men when she felt like it - that seemed wonderfully audacious somehow.