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Definition of Audacity
1. Noun. Fearless daring.
Generic synonyms: Boldness, Daring, Hardihood, Hardiness
Derivative terms: Audacious, Audacious, Audacious, Audacious, Temerarious
2. Noun. Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery. "He had the audacity to question my decision"
Generic synonyms: Boldness, Brass, Cheek, Face, Nerve
Specialized synonyms: Assumption, Effrontery, Presumption, Presumptuousness
Derivative terms: Audacious, Audacious
Definition of Audacity
1. n. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
Definition of Audacity
1. Noun. Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional. ¹
2. Noun. Fearlessness, intrepid daring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Audacity
1. boldness [n -TIES] - See also: boldness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Audacity
Literary usage of Audacity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"audacity, from audacious, in French audacieux, Latin audax and ... audacity expresses
more than effrontery; the first has something of vehemence, ..."
2. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"audacity OVERCOMES NUMBERS. — WHIG PARTY OF THE SOUTH. — ITS BRILLIANT ARRAY OF
LEADERS. — ITS DESTRUCTION. THE negotiation which the seceding State of ..."
3. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"I find Stewart spoken of as guilty of chicanery, and as having had " the audacity
to insult the Governor of Nova Scotia with impertinent letters. ..."
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