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audacious

[ aw-dey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless:

    an audacious explorer.

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  2. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive:

    an audacious vision of the city's bright future.

  3. recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited:

    an audacious interpretation of her role.



audacious

/ ɔːˈdeɪʃəs; ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. recklessly bold or daring; fearless
  2. impudent or presumptuous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ岹dzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈ岹dzܲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·岹cdzܲ· adverb
  • ·岹cdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲa·岹cdzܲ adjective
  • un·岹cdzܲ· adverb
  • un·岹cdzܲ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of audacious1

First recorded in 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of audacious1

C16: from Latin ܻ bold, from ܻŧ to dare
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It was bold and audacious and over the top, in all the best ways, with celebratory, nine-minute performance of Bad Romance to cap it all off.

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Their ambition was breathtaking, some would say audacious.

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A retired welder, Flores lived and worked out of the van for 14 years before joining an audacious protest against homelessness in Los Angeles in spring 2020.

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If you're willing to dig into the genre, though, you can find some of the most audacious and indelible hooks music has to offer.

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But unbeknownst to her, she was running straight into the final moments of an audacious heist.

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