Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bold or daring; spirited; adventurous; intrepid.
- Unrestrained by law, religion, or propriety; characterized by contempt or defiance of the principles of law or morality; presumptuously wicked; shameless; insolent; impudent: as, an audacious traitor; an audacious calumny; “audacious cruelty,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Daring; spirited; adventurous.
- adjective Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.
- adjective Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Showing
willingness to takebold risks ;recklessly daring . - adjective
Impudent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disposed to venture or take risks
- adjective unrestrained by convention or propriety
- adjective invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have used the term audacious in speaking of Delacroix, and circumstances forced him to justify the epithet.
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He is part of what some here are calling an audacious solution to a massive problem: the budget deficit.
To bust the deficit, Britain tries a revolution in volunteerism 2011
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O'Scannlain chided Judges Canby and Fisher for issuing an order he called an "audacious ruling" and said the judges lacked the authority to make such demands of prosecutors.
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To address this set of challenges we will need bold - even 'audacious' - policies.
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Under the terms of his plea deal, Syume has agreed to cooperate with authorities investigating what prosecutors have described as an audacious and long-running scheme that has led to charges against 40 people, including a top staffer on the D.C. Council.
Taxi industry insider pleads guilty to bribing D.C. officials for licenses 2011
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Under the terms of his plea deal, Syume has agreed to cooperate with authorities investigating what prosecutors have described as an audacious and long-running scheme that has led to charges against 40 people, including a top staffer on the D.C. Council.
Taxi industry insider pleads guilty to bribing D.C. officials for licenses 2011
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Under the terms of his plea deal, Syume has agreed to cooperate with authorities investigating what prosecutors have described as an audacious and long-running scheme that has led to charges against 40 people, including a top staffer on the D.C. Council.
Taxi industry insider pleads guilty to bribing D.C. officials for licenses 2011
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Obama has been called audacious, and he certainly is.
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Well, she certainly, as well, and maybe a lot of us could make the parallels to another young black politician who people are calling audacious these days, who just might become the first black president -- Don.
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Having, however, both taken and paid for my passage, and committed what old maids and sailors would call the audacious folly of starting upon a
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
mohitanand commented on the word audacious
willing to be bold in social situations or to take risks
As all of the other campers cowered in their tents, Bill, armed only with a flashlight, audaciously tracked down the bear that had raided their food.
October 12, 2016